Definition of "Paulina"

Paulina

proper noun
1. A female given name from Latin.
  Quotations
  O grave and good Paulina, the great comfort / That I have had of thee!
  c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]
  She smells like expensive soap and her teeth are shiny-white. She does not in any way look like her name. It's not her fault that she was born in a time when people believed in names like Wanda, Dottie and Betty. She's more of a Vanessa or Paulina.
  1991, Peter Hedges, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Simon & Schuster, published 1999, page 60
noun
plural Paulinas
1. A pupil or alumna of St Paul's Girls' School, London, England.
  Quotations
  In fact, gardening was a significant part of the tradition of the Paulinas (the name given to the girls who attended St. Paul's).
  2015, Robert H. Gillette, Escape to Virginia: From Nazi Germany to Thalhimer’s Farm, page 65

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