Eugénie

Eugénie [œ-zhey-nee] Examples noun

Comtesse de Te·ba [de te-bah] /dɛ ˈtɛ bɑ/, Marie Eugénie de Montijo de Guzmán, 1826–1920, wife of Napoleon III, born in Spain: Empress of France 1853–71.

Eugenia [yoo-jee-nee-uh, -jeen-yuh] noun

Also Eu·ge·nie [yoo-jee-nee] /yuˈdʒi ni/. Examples from the Web for eugenie Contemporary Examples of eugenie

Guests included Alexander Gilkes, Diane von Furstenberg, and Princess Eugenie, who is now living and working in New York.

Tom Sykes

April 24, 2014

By the age of five, Eugenie was tasked with minding the pig herds, rising before dawn to keep an eye on the snuffling porkers.

Katie Baker

March 26, 2014

Half-orphaned, Eugenie was sent to a larger farm to learn to cook and clean.

Katie Baker

March 26, 2014

Earlier this month the two truly got away from it all when they went on an African safari with Eugenie and her boyfriend.

Tom Sykes

August 28, 2013

Harry met Cressida through his cousin Eugenie, and the two started dating in 2012.

Tom Sykes

August 28, 2013

Historical Examples of eugenie

The rumour spread that he had yielded to the entreaties of his wife Eugenie.

Emile Zola

And were those—and were those—were those wrinkles, upon the visage of Eugenie Lalande?

Edgar Allan Poe

And he did Miss Eugenie the honor to eat one of her praleens.

Winston Churchill

“Virginia will never speak to him again,” said Eugenie, in an awed voice.

Winston Churchill

And Eugenie gives a cry and points to the rear where Maurice is riding.

Winston Churchill

British Dictionary definitions for eugenie Eugénie noun

original name Eugénia Maria de Montijo de Guzman, Comtesse de Téba. 1826–1920, Empress of France (1853–71) as wife of Napoleon III

Word Origin and History for eugenie Eugenia

fem. proper name, from Latin, from Greek Eugenia, literally “nobility of birth,” fem. of Eugenius (see Eugene).