Camille

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Camille

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From French Camille (“Camilla”). Doublet of Camilla.

proper noun

  1. A unisex given name from French. - - - homecoming weekend at Colgate was frat parties like this, wild earsplitting drunken and not for sensitive girls like Camille, even her name was sensitive, delicate, Camille was to Lionel the most beautiful name he'd ever spoken, like music, - - -
  2. figuratively A courtesan (from the English translations of La Dame aux Camélias) Larry went about alternately urging Margo to disguise herself as a peasant and fly to Peter’s arms, or to stop behaving like Camille.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: charlotte, baptiste, camus, camilla, kami, cami, desmoulins, kamil, cammie, cammy, caillou, aimée, madeline, charline, aimee, marcel

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"Camille." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/camille. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Camille. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/camille

Chicago

"Camille." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/camille.

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@misc{camille_2026,
  title = {Camille},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/camille},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}