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anne

/æn/

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What does anne mean?

proper noun

  1. A female given name from French.
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. (rare) A male given name from the Germanic languages, of mainly French and Frisian usage, see Anne Robert Jacques Turgot

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And to whom, having turned to pretty Anne, was she likely to be led but again to the wizard of Lambeth?
Victor MacClureShe Stands AccusedProject Gutenberg ebook #488
“I’ll try to do and be anything you want me, if you’ll only keep me,” said Anne, returning meekly to her ottoman.
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of Green GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #45
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Such personal praise might have struck her, especially as it did not appear to Anne that the freckles were at all lessened.
Jane AustenPersuasionProject Gutenberg ebook #105
I thought this sentiment so incompatible with the establishment of any system of check on Mary Anne, that I frowned a little.
Charles DickensDavid CopperfieldProject Gutenberg ebook #766
If gracious Anne was alive, she would make an admirable defendress of the new faith, and build fifty more churches for female proselytes.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610