Germaine

Proper noun

Meaning

A surname transferred from the given name, a variant of Germain.

A male given name from Latin, in modern use transferred back from the surname.

A female given name from Latin transferred from the surname or borrowed from modern French.

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Beginning with the interrogation of male-centric literature that portrayed women in a demeaning and oppressed model, theorist such as Mary Ellman, Kate Millet and Germaine Greer challenged past imaginations of the feminine within literary scholarship. Source: Internet

Around this time, Shug falls in love with Germaine, a member of her band, and the news thereof crushes Celie. Source: Internet

Germaine Greer and The Female Eunuch citation Overview The term "sexual revolution" has been used at least since the late 1920s. Source: Internet

Just after Celie realizes that she is content in her life without Shug, Shug returns, having ended things with Germaine. Source: Internet

Consequently, its most important defenses, the Reine and Germaine bastions, were directed to the northeast and northwest, away from the lake, with two demi-lunes further extending the works on the land side. Source: Internet

Beginning with Jared Germaine, who participated in the 125-pound weight class, defeating Stanford’s Evan Silver and winning the match with a unanimous-decision victory. Source: Internet

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