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Proper noun

Gertrude

1. A female given name.
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: Act IV, Scene V:

     O Gertrude, Gertrude! / When sorrows come, they come not single spies, / But in battalions.

   • 1850 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Blessed Damozel, lines 103-108

     "We two," she said, "will seek the groves / Where the lady Mary is, / With her five handmaidens, whose names / Are five sweet symphonies, / Cecily, Gertrude, Magdalen, / Margaret and Rosalys.

Derived terms

• Gertie, Trudi, Trudie, Trudy

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