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Hortense1 definition

Hor·tense (hôr′tens′)

noun

a feminine name

Etymology: Fr < L Hortensia, fem. of Hortensius, name of a Roman gens

Hortense2 definition

Hor·tense (hor′tens′; Fr ō̂r täns′)

(born Hortense de Beauharnais) 1783-1837; queen of Holland (1806-10): wife of Louis Bonaparte

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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