Word info

Ernestine

Speech parts

1. Ernestine - Adjective

2. Ernestine - Proper noun

Meaning

Ernestine

A female given name from the Germanic languages, feminine form of Ernest borrowed from French.

Ernestine (not comparable)

Relating to Ernest, Elector of Saxony or his line of succession

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Ernestine Rose began lecturing in 1836 to groups of women on the subject of the "Science of Government" which included the enfranchisement of women. Source: Internet

Early Modern Period Market Square with some 16th-century Renaissance patricians' houses Weimar in 1650 After the Treaty of Leipzig (1485) Weimar became part of the electorate of the Ernestine branch of Wettins with Wittenberg as capital. Source: Internet

Franz Huning built Huning Castle, a sprawling 14-room mansion in the early 1880s for himself and his wife, Ernestine. Source: Internet

Popular culture * Comedian Lily Tomlin frequently satirized the telephone industry (and the country's then-dominant Bell System in particular) with a skit playing the telephone operator Ernestine. Source: Internet

Ernestine E. Gainer, 73, of White Pine, died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, at Minnie Hamilton Health System. Source: Internet

As the winter semester gets underway, UFV’s theatre department has been hard at work for months on the second main stage production of the season: Tomson Highway’s Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout. Source: Internet

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