Definitions

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  • proper noun A female given name.

Etymologies

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Of Irish origin, variant of Jane or Jean, in turn feminine forms of the Hebrew name John, meaning God is gracious.

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Examples

  • The Jews may not think so, the Christian's of the Middle East and Africa may not agree, but in Sinead's cosy little world it was always sunny, flowers were always in bloom and children rode unicorns and frolicked in meadows.

    Archive 2007-06-01 2007

  • But she's grown up in Sinead O'Connor kind of way ...

    Don't Mess with Harry! Roger Sutton 2006

  • But Sinead is God (as she would probably tell you herself!).

    Don't Mess with Harry! Roger Sutton 2006

  • I called Sinead and asked her how she managed to keep going for that long.

    MomsRising Blog Katrina Alcorn 2010

  • My question was, if he recorded it now and and released it now, would you call Sinead's version the cover version?

    unknown title 2009

  • My question was, if he recorded it now and and released it now, would you call Sinead's version the cover version?

    unknown title 2009

  • But one woman, we'll call her Sinead, managed to pump using the conference rooms and the telephone closet until her child was a year old.

    MomsRising Blog Katrina Alcorn 2010

  • And special thanks to Regina (aka Sinead O'Connor) Upright for keeping me calm through it all, for decorating and just getting me through the first show!

    unknown title 2009

  • And special thanks to Regina (aka Sinead O'Connor) Upright for keeping me calm through it all, for decorating and just getting me through the first show!

    unknown title 2009

  • There was a brief window of opportunity for women who didn't fit the MTV template in the early 1990s, she suggests, a time when bestselling artists such as Sinead O'Connor ripped up pictures of the Pope on TV, and Tori Amos sang about her experiences of rape (though, equally, O'Connor's greatest success came with her most MTV-friendly moment, Nothing Compares 2 U).

    Life and style | guardian.co.uk Jude Rogers 2010

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