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MILLICENT
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Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MIL-ə-sənt [key]
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From the Germanic name Amalaswinth, composed of the elements amal "work, labour" and swinþ "strength". It was common among the Franks in the form Malasintha, and was introduced to England by the Normans in the form Melisent or Melisende. Melisende was a 12th-century queen of Jerusalem, the daughter of Baldwin II. |
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