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Deirdre definition

Deir·dre (dir′drə)

noun

  1. a feminine name
  2. Celt. Legend an Irish heroine who elopes to Scotland with her lover to avoid marrying the king: when the lover is treacherously killed, she commits suicide

Etymology: OIr Derdriu, prob. akin to MIr der, young girl

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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