Josephine

American  

[joh-zuh-feen, -suh-] / ˈdʒoʊ zəˌfin, -sə- /

noun

1. Empress Marie Joséphine Rose Tascher de la Pagerie. Beauharnais, Joséphine de.

2. a female given name: derived from Joseph.

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Josephine British  

/ ˈdʒəʊzəˌfiːn /

noun

1. Empress, previous name Joséphine de Beauharnais; real name Marie Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie. 1763–1814, empress of France as wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (1796–1809)

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Example Sentences

Following an extensive, three-year restoration of “Ankhmerwer”—led by Ahmed Tarek with Brooklyn Museum conservators Lisa Bruno, Sara Bone and Josephine Jenks—“Unrolling Eternity” reintroduces this masterpiece to the public.

From The Wall Street Journal

Josephine Ballon, the managing director of Hate Aid, a non-profit organisation in Germany which aims to support victims of digital violence, told the BBC the technology to produce deep fakes was easily available.

From BBC

Josephine Ballon said criminalising such behaviour was the minimum that "we can do, because this also shows that we as a society, we have values, we have rules, we have human decency."

From BBC

Josephine Nicolet, 6, left, Nate Nicolet and Gavin Nicolet, 9, of Reno watch the insects fly around them at the exhibition.

From Los Angeles Times

"This difference between cancer cells and healthy cells is easily explained: D-Cys is imported into cells via a specific transporter that is present only on the surface of certain cancer cells," explains Joséphine Zangari, a PhD student in Professor Martinou's laboratory and first author of the study.

From Science Daily