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Catherine

(kat̸h′ər in)

noun

a feminine name: dim. Cathy, Kate, Kathy, Kit, Kitty; var. Catharine; equiv. It. Caterina, Ir. Kathleen, Russ. Ekaterina, Scand. Karen, Sp. Catalina, Catarina

Origin: Fr < L Catharina, Ecaterina < Gr Aikaterinē; form and meaning infl. by katharos, pure, unsullied

Catherine, Saint (4th cent. ); Christian martyr of Alexandria: her day is Nov. 25
Catherine, Saint (1347-80); It. Dominican: her day is April 29
in full Saint Catherine of Siena
1684?-1727; wife of Peter the Great; empress of Russia (1725-27)
1729-96; German-born empress of Russia (1762-96)
called Catherine the Great