Definitions

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  • proper noun A female given name.

Etymologies

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Latinized and Italian variant of the French Estelle.

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Examples

  • Elvin Estella is Nobody, another name for genius, next-level-type production.

    Who's There? (Music (For Robots)) 2005

  • Elvin Estella is Nobody, another name for genius, next-level-type production.

    Music (For Robots): April 2005 Archives 2005

  • KK: Connie and Estella Sykes are as close as sisters can be, until Estella is diagnosed as a genius at age seven.

    December 2006 2006

  • KK: Connie and Estella Sykes are as close as sisters can be, until Estella is diagnosed as a genius at age seven.

    It's All About The Debutantes 2006

  • She inherited her name Estella from her Spanish mother, but they called her Molly in her new home -- it was part of her discipline.

    Fifty-Two Stories For Girls 1888

  • a while she bade me call Estella, and on we started again round the room.

    Ten Boys from Dickens Kate Dickinson Sweetser 1903

  • Samurai thermal by Estella, which is sure to tap into the Last Airbender craze for $29, down from $42.

    Cool Mom Picks 2010

  • To stand in the dark in the mysterious passage of an unknown house, bawling "Estella" to a scornful young lady neither visible nor responsive, and feeling it a dreadful liberty to roar out her name, was almost as bad as playing to order.

    Ten Boys from Dickens Kate Dickinson Sweetser 1903

  • "Estella" to be placed where the woman's body had been interred.

    Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 01: the Hudson and its hills 1879

  • "Estella," said I, "do look at that fellow in the corner yonder, who is looking over here at us."

    Great Expectations Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1861

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