catherine : Idioms & Phrases

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catherine de medicis

  • noun queen of France as the wife of Henry II and regent during the minority of her son Charles IX (1519-1589)
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catherine howard

  • noun Queen of England as the fifth wife of Henry VIII who was accused of adultery and executed (1520-1542)
    Howard.
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catherine i

  • noun empress of Russia who succeeded her husband Peter the Great (1684-1727)
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catherine ii

  • noun empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)
    Catherine; Catherine II.
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catherine of aragon

  • noun first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
    Catherine.
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catherine parr

  • noun Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548)
    Parr.
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catherine the great

  • noun empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)
    Catherine; Catherine II.
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catherine wheel

  • noun a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire
    pinwheel.
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Cath"er*ine wheel`
Etymology
So called from St. Catherine of Alexandria, who is represented with a wheel, in allusion to her martyrdom.
Definitions
  1. (Geoth.Arth.) Same as Rose window and Wheel window. Called also Catherine-wheel window.
  2. (Pyrotechny) A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in form the window of the same name. Written also Catharine wheel.
Webster 1913

maureen catherine connolly

  • noun United States tennis player who was the first woman to win the United States, British, French, and Australian championships in the same year (1953) (1934-1969)
    Connolly; Little Mo Connolly.
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