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EGLANTINE

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Rare)

Pronounced: EG-lən-teen   [key]

From the English word for the flower also known as sweetbrier. It was first used as a given name (in the form Eglentyne) in Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th-century story 'The Prioress's Tale'.
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