Phyllis

[ fil-is ]

noun

1. a name used in pastoral literature, as the Eclogues of Vergil, for a country girl or sweetheart.
2. Also Phyliss. a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “green leaf.”

Example Sentences

The original cast also included influential tap star Gregory Hines, Tony winner Hinton Battle and singer Phyllis Hyman.

From Los Angeles Times

Phyllis met Ron on Torquay seafront at the brink of war in the summer of 1939 - but her mother forbade their courtship from the beginning.

From BBC

"My mum kept the letters from him because she wanted me to marry another chap," explained Phyllis.

From BBC

The family returned to Devon, with Phyllis eventually moving to Red Lodge, near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, as a widow, to live with her son, Peter, and daughter-in-law Etwin.

From BBC

Phyllis Vincent, who now lives in a care home in Cambridge, was called up to the Land Army as an 18-year-old in 1940 and worked on a farm in her native Devon.

From BBC