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laura
/ˈlɔɹə/
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What does laura mean?
proper noun
- A female given name from Latin.
More meanings (2)
noun
- (historical) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior
- (historical) A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈlɔɹə/
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‘The mother now sought to caress her, but poor Laura repelled her, preferring to be with her acquaintances.
He sometimes makes strange blunders, the worst of which, perhaps, is contained in his article on Petrarch and Laura.
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The part of Laura, as Carrie found out when she began to examine it, was one of suffering and tears.
Though his love was as chaste as that of Petrarch for his Laura, it had made fetters of what previously was only a difficulty.
In the present day there is a girl as remarkable as Laura Bridgman, and who bids fair to attain even greater fame by her superior development.