Diana
[daɪ'ænə]
Definition
(noun.) (Roman mythology) virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; counterpart of Greek Artemis.
(noun.) English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997).
Editor: Mamie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess Artemis.
Editor: Will
Definition
n. an ancient Italian goddess of light the moon-goddess representative of chastity and hunting afterwards identified with the Greek Artemis.—Diana of the Ephesians a goddess of fertility worshipped at Ephesus.
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Examples
- Diana offered to teach me German. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Diana announced that she would just give me time to get over the honeymoon, and then she would come and see me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Diana clapped her hands. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Diana took the word-- Do you mean, she asked, that we have now given you what aid you require? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Diana and Mary will be at home in a week, and I want to have everything in order against their arrival. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- One morning at breakfast, Diana, after looking a little pensive for some minutes, asked him, If his plans were yet unchanged. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Diana and Mary have left you, and Moor House is shut up, and you are so lonely. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- At breakfast I announced to Diana and Mary that I was going a journey, and should be absent at least four days. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Far otherwise, responded Diana. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Diana looked and spoke with a certain authority: she had a will, evidently. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I see you and St. John have been quarrelling, Jane, said Diana, during your walk on the moor. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I would rather Diana or Mary informed you. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- On re-entering the parlour, I found Diana standing at the window, looking very thoughtful. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Far from that, Diana; his sole idea in proposing to me is to procure a fitting fellow-labourer in his Indian toils. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Diana and Mary's general answer to this question was a sigh, and some minutes of apparently mournful meditation. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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