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Doris
Doris ♀ From the classical Greek ethnic name meaning ‘Dorian woman’. The Dorians were one of the tribes of Greece; their name was traditionally derived from an ancestor, Dōros (son of Hellen, who gave his name to the Hellenes, i.e. the Greek people as a whole), but it is more likely that Dōros (whose name could be from dōron ‘gift’) was invented to account for a tribal name of obscure origin. In Greek mythology, Doris was a minor goddess of the sea, the consort of Nereus and the mother of his daughters, the Nereids or sea-nymphs, who numbered fifty (in some versions, more). The name was especially popular from about 1880 to about 1930, and was borne by the American film star Doris Day (b. 1924 as Doris Kappelhoff), among others.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Doris." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Doris." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Doris1.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Doris." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Doris1.html |
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"Doris." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Doris." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Doris.html "Doris." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Doris.html |
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JOHN DAINTITH. "DORIS." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "DORIS." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-DORIS.html JOHN DAINTITH. "DORIS." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-DORIS.html |
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Doris ♀ (German) From Greek.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Doris." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Doris." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Doris.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Doris." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Doris.html |
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Doris
•arris, Clarice, Harries, Harris, Paris
•mattress • actress • benefactress
•Polaris • enchantress
•derris, Nerys, terrace
•Emrys • empress
•directress, Electress
•temptress • sempstress
•Apollinaris, heiress
•waitress • seamstress • ex libris
•headmistress, mistress
•housemistress • toastmistress
•schoolmistress • ancestress
•dentifrice
•iris, Osiris
•tigress, Tigris
•cypress
•Boris, doch-an-dorris, Doris, Horace, Maurice, Norris, orris
•cantoris, Dolores, loris
•laundress • fortress • jointress
•hubris • buttress
•conductress, instructress, seductress
•huntress • peeress • Beatrice
•arbitress • berberis • anchoress
•ephemeris • ambassadress
•adventuress • clitoris • authoress
•avarice
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"Doris." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Doris." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Doris.html "Doris." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Doris.html |
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