Ethel

[ eth-uhl ]

noun

1. a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”

Example Sentences

He was one of the lead prosecutors in the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

From Salon

“Punish,” the latest offering from the Southern Gothic alt-pop star Ethel Cain, is a smoldering slow burn, a sparse piano ballad that stretches for nearly seven minutes and gradually corrodes.

From New York Times

“Our Town,” unfolding at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre like a glorious hymn, was the play I didn’t realize just how badly our country needed right now.

From Los Angeles Times

We all need an anecdote about Ethel Merman, who starred as Rose, the overbearing stage mother.

From Los Angeles Times

She was in a long run of “Romantic Comedy” with Anthony Perkins at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre beginning in 1979 and starred in the Broadway production of “Love Letters” with Brian Dennehy at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in 2014.

From Los Angeles Times