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  • proper noun A female given name.

Etymologies

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Diminutive form of Ancient Greek χάρμα (kharma, "joy"). According to Plutarch, the name of a servant and advisor of Cleopatra.

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Examples

  • (From Borders. com) Charmian is handmaiden to Cleopatra.

    WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR JANUARY 3RD | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010

  • But in Charmian's The Log of the Snark she has it facing page 304 as "The Skipper after Suva" (June 1908).

    Most Popular Picture of Jack London 2010

  • And yet, at the moment of writing this, Charmian is in her state - room at the typewriter, Martin is cooking dinner, Tochigi is setting the table, Roscoe and Bert are caulking the deck, and the

    Chapter 3 1913

  • We kill them occasionally, usually in Charmian's bunk.

    Chapter 15 1913

  • And yet, at the moment of writing this, Charmian is in her state - room at the typewriter, Martin is cooking dinner, Tochigi is setting the table, Roscoe and Bert are caulking the deck, and the Snark is steering herself some five knots an hour in a rattling good sea -- and the Snark is not padded, either.

    Chapter 3 1911

  • We kill them occasionally, usually in Charmian's bunk.

    Chapter 15 1911

  • I considered calling Charmian at the studio, but the receptionists at CBS usually had difficulty locating her.

    Fleur De Leigh’s Life of Crime Diane Leslie 1999

  • She wondered on what terms Charmian and Claude were, whether the Puritan had ever found any passion for the

    The Way of Ambition Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

  • I don't recall much of that conversation because I was not familiar with the titles of the books they were discussing or the names of the people they were talking about, such as Charmian, Flora, Bessie, Joan and Becky.

    Appendix B 2003

  • "Charmian," Mrs. Eames was suddenly struck with the idea, "why can't you review 'The Son of the Wolf' — perhaps in the same number of the Overland with my article on Mr. London?"

    PROLOGUE AND A MEETING 1921

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