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bertha

1

[ bur-thuh ]

noun

  1. a collar or trimming, as of lace, worn about the shoulders by women, as over a low-necked waist or dress.


Bertha

2

[ bur-thuh ]

noun

  1. a first name: from a Germanic word meaning “bright.”

bertha

/ ˈɜːθə /

noun

  1. a wide deep capelike collar, often of lace, usually to cover up a low neckline
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bertha1

First recorded in 1835–45; named after Bertha (died a.d. 783), wife of Frankish king Pepin the Short; she was famed for her modesty
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bertha1

C19: from French berthe , from Berthe , 8th-century Frankish queen, mother of Charlemagne
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She was born Bertha Louise Hable in Dallas in 1946 at a home for unwed mothers, given up for adoption and raised in an orphanage.

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Importantly, this doesn’t mean that children with these differences in anatomy will inevitably go on to try drugs, said Dr. Bertha Madras, a psychobiology professor at Harvard Medical School, who was not involved with the study either.

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The pop icon and “Siempre Reinas” reality star, whose name was Bertha Elisa Noeggerath Cárdenas, died Wednesday from health complications, according to the Associated Press.

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Parent Bertha Cuevas said the vandalism made her angry and apprehensive.

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But if parts of his trip could be unsettling, then there was considerable wonder and beauty too, particularly from blending in with the natives on Bertha’s Beach in the Falkland Islands.

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