gertrude

¹

[ gur-trood ]

noun

1. a slip or underdress for infants.

Gertrude

²

[ gur-trood ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of gertrude¹

1925–30, Americanism; special use of Gertrude

Example Sentences

Father Nabor Rios of the St. Gertrude the Great Catholic Church told worshipers to vote for a candidate during a Mass in late October, a violation of a longstanding federal law that prohibits religious and nonprofits from campaigning for or against a candidate.

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A week before the general elections, worshipers at the St. Gertrude the Great Catholic Church in Bell Gardens were listening to the parish announcements when Father Nabor Rios introduced a political candidate.

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Rebecca Markert, vice president and legal director at Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said St. Gertrude could lose its tax-exempt status for violating the law.

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“I’m writing because I’m very concerned with what is going on at St. Gertrude in Bell Gardens,” the letter read.

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After accepting the Dodgers offer, he brought his mother Gertrude to Los Angeles so she could listen to his work, baseball being all about family for him, a family that he has sorely missed, especially now.

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