Dorothy

Etymology
The English form of Dorothea, the name of a legendary ( and possibly fictitious) saint, from δῶρον, "gift" + θεός, "god".

Proper noun

 * : Act II, Scene IV:
 * Pistol. Then to you, Mistress Dorothy; I will charge you.
 * Doll Tearsheet. Charge me! I scorn you, scurvy companion.
 * 1) * 1900 Lyman Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter 3:
 * "My name is Dorothy," said the girl, " and I am going to the Emerald City to ask the Great Oz to send me back to Kansas."
 * 1) * 1990 Russell Baker, There's a Country in My Cellar, Morrow, ISBN 0688095984, page 418:
 * Don't you think the world has gone steadily downhill ever since parents stopped naming their children Lucy and Dorothy and started naming them Samantha?
 * Don't you think the world has gone steadily downhill ever since parents stopped naming their children Lucy and Dorothy and started naming them Samantha?

Derived terms

 * doll

Related terms

 * pet forms: Dodie, Doll, Dolly, Dot
 * variants: Dora, Doreen, Dorothea, Thea

Translations

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 * German:
 * Latvian: Doroteja
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 * Swedish:

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