Dorothy

[dawr-uh-thee, dor-]

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a female given name, form of Dorothea.

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Dorothea Lynde

[lind] , (Dorothy), 1802–87, U.S. educator and social reformer.

Otto, 1891–1969, German painter and printmaker.

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Dorothy

fem. proper name, from Fr. Dorothée, from L. Dorothea, from Gk., lit. "gift of God," from doron "gift" + fem. of theos "god" (see Thea). With the elements reversed, it becomes Theodora. The accessory called a Dorothy bag is so called from 1907.

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