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- proper noun A female
given name , a spelling variant ofGemma ; byfolk etymology also used as a feminine form ofJames /Jem .
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Examples
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At the center, Jemma Claflin, a medical student, finds herself gifted with strange powers and a frightening destiny.
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I'm especially drawn to the core conflict represented by the late John Teller's revealing letters, which Clay and Jemma are desperate to retrieve and destroy.
Matt's Guide to Tuesday TV: A Glee High Note, New Girl, and More 2011
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Jemma, still a good friend, now lives in Spain with her mother.
Gareth Thomas: the interview Emma John 2010
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We are seeing many more in their 30s, there is a much younger crowd, says Jemma Freeman of Hunters and Frankau, which imports Cuban cigars into the U.K.
Dusting Off the Stogie's Stodgy Image Jemima Sissons 2010
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There's Jemma Katey Sagal from Sons of Anarchy, the matriarch of a clan of California bikers, who keeps the peace with an iron hand and a heart of chrome.
Peg Aloi: Tough Gals: Do They Still Exist? Peg Aloi 2011
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Thomas's marriage ended in 2006, the year he told first his wife Jemma, and then his teammates, that he was gay.
Gareth Thomas: the interview Emma John 2010
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Regular readers of this column will know I consider swimming to be not so much a sport, more a highly efficient method of not drowning, and there has been an awful lot of it in the Commonwealth Games, but watching the unalloyed joy and pride in achievement of swimmers like Ellen Gandy and Jemma Lowe after winning medals in one of the races was quite uplifting.
Delhi delivers absolute delight to daytime-TV schedules Martin Kelner 2010
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Up and coming comic artist Jemma Salume speaks with Fandomania about her school, art, and not so ordinary life.
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England's Ellen Gandy takes the silver, Jemma Lowe of Wales takes the bronze.
Commonwealth Games 2010 live blog: 7 October Anna Kessel 2010
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There's Jemma Katey Sagal from Sons of Anarchy, the matriarch of a clan of California bikers, who keeps the peace with an iron hand and a heart of chrome.
Peg Aloi: Tough Gals: Do They Still Exist? Peg Aloi 2011
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