gertrude

[ gur-trood ]

noun
  1. a slip or underdress for infants.

Origin of gertrude

1
1925–30, Americanism; special use of Gertrude

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Other definitions for Gertrude (2 of 2)

Gertrude
[ gur-trood ]

noun
  1. a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “spear” and “strength.”

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How to use gertrude in a sentence

  • Malcolm is fluent in the ruses of modernist fiction (consider her profiles of gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas in Two Lives).

  • gertrude had never given him occasion to feel that his guests could have a more efficient hostess than his secretary.

    The Creators | May Sinclair
  • Then gertrude quivered slightly, and the blood flushed in her set face and passed as fierce heat passes through iron.

    The Creators | May Sinclair
  • And the look went from Jane's face, and Brodrick felt annoyed with gertrude because she had made it go.

    The Creators | May Sinclair
  • As he was trying to catch the look, gertrude came and said it was the Baby's tea-time, and carried him away.

    The Creators | May Sinclair
  • gertrude approached me, and said in a low tone: 'Did demoiselle remark that we only mounted five steps after leaving the court?'

    Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, Pere