Karen

¹

[ kuh-ren ]

noun

, plural Ka·rens, (especially collectively) Ka·ren.

1. a group of people of eastern and southern Myanmar (Burma).
2. one of these people.
3. the language of the Karen, a Tibeto-Burman language of the Sino-Tibetan family.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Karen people or their language.

Karen

²

[ kar-uhn, kahr- ]

noun

1. Also Karin. a first name, form of Katherine.
2. Informal: Disparaging.
   1. a white, usually middle-class woman who is rude, demanding, and aggressive toward other people, particularly customer service workers.
   2. a person acting in an aggressive, entitled, rude way:

      He went full Karen on the poor store manager and threatened to get her fired.

Karen

/ kəˈrɛn /

noun

1. -rens-ren a member of a Thai people of Myanmar
2. the language of this people, probably related to Thai and belonging to the Sino-Tibetan family

Example Sentences

It was a novel written by Sarah about her adolescence, one that Karen considers to be exploitative and dangerously untrue.

From Vox

Karen, you talked to essentially the father of deep learning Geoffrey Hinton at our EmTech conference recently.

From MIT Technology Review

At the time of the engagement, my sister made it known to me and Karen that she was concerned my daughter would bring covid-19 with her from New York, where cases have been high.

From Washington Post

So when Abbie asked Karen to be her maid of honor and officiate at the ceremony, Karen was thrilled.

From Washington Post

Pence and his wife Karen educated their children at Immanuel School in Northern Virginia where Karen still teaches.

From Washington Blade

Karen, a 72-year-old white woman, arrived at the park after the first group had left and without knowing that others would follow.

From The Daily Beast

With exquisite timing, religious historian Karen Armstrong steps forth with Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence.

From The Daily Beast

The shooting Ice Cube was referring to was the accidental killing of Karen Toshima by a stray bullet.

From The Daily Beast

Karen Berger, another regular player at Haviland Hollow Farm said the appeal of polo for her is multifaceted.

From The Daily Beast

Check out this fine sampling from the likes of Karen Shirely, Margalit Fox, and the most-talented, Heather Lende.

From The Daily Beast

Lancaster rolled up his sleeves with the rest and let Karen take over the leadership—she was the best experimenter.

From Project Gutenberg

Karen wept openly and kissed him good-bye with a fervor that haunted his dreams afterward.

From Project Gutenberg

But a few more incisive cameos of fantasy such as this, and Mr. Anderson may come to be identified as Karen's husband.

From Project Gutenberg

"I remember that after we turned them down, somebody tried to kidnap Karen," MacLeod said grimly.

From Project Gutenberg

Karen Hilquist and the aristocratic black-sheep who called himself Bertie Wooster were waiting when he opened the door.

From Project Gutenberg