Clementine

See also: clementine, Clémentine, and clémentine

English

Adjective

Clementine (comparative more Clementine, superlative most Clementine)

1. Of or relating to Clement, especially to Pope Clement I and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V and his compilations of canon law, or to the Sixto-Clementine Vulgate (commonly called the Clementine Vulgate).

Proper noun

Clementine

1. A female given name from Latin borrowed from French Clémentine in the 19th century.
   • 1884, debated authorship, Oh My Darling Clementine (a ballad):

     Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine!

     Thou were lost and gone forever, dreadful sorry, Clementine.