dorothy

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Definition von dorothy im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A female given name

Don't you think the world has gone steadily downhill ever since parents stopped naming their children Lucy and Dorothy and started naming them Samantha?.

given name, female

Day Dorothy Dunaway Dorothy Faye Fields Dorothy Hodgkin Dorothy Mary Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Parker Dorothy Dorothy Rothschild Richardson Dorothy Miller Sayers Dorothy Leigh Schiff Dorothy Thompson Dorothy Wordsworth Dorothy

{i} female first name

Relevante Übersetzungen

Dorothy Dixer

A question asked of a minister by a member of his own party, to give the minister the opportunity to promote the government's work, criticise the opposition, etc

Dorothy bag

A woman’s handbag gathered at the top by a drawstring whose loops are used as a handle; traditionally used by bridesmaids to carry confetti

Pulling out a letter from her dorothy bag she beguiled the tediousness of waiting by perusing distraitly its contents.

Dorothy bags

plural form of Dorothy bag

Dorothy dollar

The business generated by providing goods and services to the homosexual community

Dorothy Day

born Nov. 8, 1897, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Nov. 29, 1980, New York City U.S. journalist and social reformer. While a scholarship student at the University of Illinois (1914-16), she read widely among socialist authors and soon joined the Socialist Party. In 1916 she returned to New York to work for the radical journals The Call and The Masses. With the birth of her daughter (1927), she broke her ties with radicalism and converted to Roman Catholicism. After writing for the liberal Catholic journal Commonweal, in 1933 she and Peter Maurin (1877-1949) cofounded The Catholic Worker, which expressed her view of "personalism." She sought to aid the poor by establishing urban "hospitality houses" as part of the Catholic Worker movement. After Maurin's death, she continued to publish the paper and manage the hospitality houses. Although her outspoken pacifist views were criticized by Catholic conservatives, she influenced Catholic liberals such as Thomas Merton and Daniel and Philip Berrigan

Dorothy Faye Dunaway

born Jan. 14, 1941, Bascom, Fla., U.S. U.S. film actress. She acted in several off-Broadway plays (1962-67) before making her film debut in The Happening (1967). She became an international star in Bonnie and Clyde (1967). In her best roles, such as those she played in Bonnie and Clyde, Chinatown (1974), and Network (1976, Academy Award), she gave textured performances that embodied the spirit of the films. She later starred in notable films such as Mommie Dearest (1981), Barfly (1987), and Arizona Dreams (1993)

Dorothy Fields

born July 15, 1905, Allenhurst, N.J., U.S. died March 28, 1974, New York, N.Y. U.S. lyricist and librettist. Born to a family active in theatre (her father Lew was a comedian and impresario, and her brothers Herbert and Joseph were librettists), Fields taught drama and wrote poetry and later wrote songs for Broadway and Cotton Club revues with Jimmy McHugh, including "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street." With Jerome Kern, she later wrote songs for Hollywood, including "The Way You Look Tonight." Returning to Broadway, she wrote the book or lyrics for many musicals, including Annie Get Your Gun (1946) and Sweet Charity (1966)

Dorothy Hansine Andersen

{i} (1901-1963) U.S. pediatrician, first to identify cystic fibrosis

Dorothy L Sayers

born June 13, 1893, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Eng. died Dec. 17, 1957, Witham, Essex English scholar and writer. In 1915 Sayers became one of the first women to graduate from Oxford University. Her first major work was Whose Body? (1923), in which she created the detective Lord Peter Wimsey, a witty, dashing young gentleman-scholar who would be featured in such later short-story collections and novels as Strong Poison (1930), The Nine Tailors (1934), and Busman's Honeymoon (1937). After the 1930s she concentrated on theological dramas and books, radio plays, and scholarly translations, notably of Dante's Divine Comedy

Dorothy L. Sayers

a British writer who wrote detective novels (=books about crime and murder) in which the main characters are Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane (1893-1957)

Dorothy Leigh Sayers

born June 13, 1893, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Eng. died Dec. 17, 1957, Witham, Essex English scholar and writer. In 1915 Sayers became one of the first women to graduate from Oxford University. Her first major work was Whose Body? (1923), in which she created the detective Lord Peter Wimsey, a witty, dashing young gentleman-scholar who would be featured in such later short-story collections and novels as Strong Poison (1930), The Nine Tailors (1934), and Busman's Honeymoon (1937). After the 1930s she concentrated on theological dramas and books, radio plays, and scholarly translations, notably of Dante's Divine Comedy

Dorothy M Hodgkin

orig. Dorothy Mary Crowfoot born May 12, 1910, Cairo, Egypt died July 29, 1994, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, Eng. English chemist. After studying at Oxford and Cambridge, she went to work at Oxford. From 1942 to 1949 she worked on a structural analysis of penicillin. In 1948 she and her colleagues made the first X-ray photograph of vitamin B12, one of the most complex nonprotein compounds, and they eventually completely determined its atomic arrangement. In 1969 she completed a similar three-dimensional analysis of insulin. Her work won her a 1964 Nobel Prize. She was chancellor of Bristol University (1970-88) and was known for her work for peace and international scientific cooperation. In 1965 she became the second woman ever awarded the Order of Merit

Dorothy M Richardson

born May 17, 1873, Abingdon, Berkshire, Eng. died June 17, 1957, Beckenham, Kent English novelist. From age 17 she engaged in teaching, clerical work, and journalism. For much of her life she worked on her sequence novel Pilgrimage, comprising 13 volumes beginning with Pointed Roofs (1915). The final volume, March Moonlight, was published a decade after her death. A sensitive autobiographical account of a woman's developing consciousness, it was a pioneering work in stream-of-consciousness fiction

Dorothy Mary Hodgkin

orig. Dorothy Mary Crowfoot born May 12, 1910, Cairo, Egypt died July 29, 1994, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, Eng. English chemist. After studying at Oxford and Cambridge, she went to work at Oxford. From 1942 to 1949 she worked on a structural analysis of penicillin. In 1948 she and her colleagues made the first X-ray photograph of vitamin B12, one of the most complex nonprotein compounds, and they eventually completely determined its atomic arrangement. In 1969 she completed a similar three-dimensional analysis of insulin. Her work won her a 1964 Nobel Prize. She was chancellor of Bristol University (1970-88) and was known for her work for peace and international scientific cooperation. In 1965 she became the second woman ever awarded the Order of Merit

Dorothy Miller Richardson

born May 17, 1873, Abingdon, Berkshire, Eng. died June 17, 1957, Beckenham, Kent English novelist. From age 17 she engaged in teaching, clerical work, and journalism. For much of her life she worked on her sequence novel Pilgrimage, comprising 13 volumes beginning with Pointed Roofs (1915). The final volume, March Moonlight, was published a decade after her death. A sensitive autobiographical account of a woman's developing consciousness, it was a pioneering work in stream-of-consciousness fiction

Dorothy Parker

a US writer of poetry and short stories, who also wrote reviews of books, plays etc for magazines such as The New Yorker. She was one of the main members of the Algonquin Round Table, a group of writers who met regularly at a hotel in New York City. She is famous especially for her many clever and funny sayings in which she criticized US society and well-known people (1893-1967). orig. Dorothy Rothschild born Aug. 22, 1893, West End, near Long Beach, N.J., U.S. died June 7, 1967, New York, N.Y. U.S. short-story writer and poet. She grew up in affluence in New York City. She was a drama critic for Vanity Fair and wrote book reviews for The New Yorker (1927-33). Her poetry volumes include Enough Rope (1926) and Death and Taxes (1931). Her short stories were collected in Laments for the Living (1930) and After Such Pleasures (1933). She also worked as a film writer, reported on the Spanish Civil War, and collaborated on several plays. A member of the Algonquin Round Table, she is chiefly remembered for her wit

Dorothy Schiff

born March 11, 1903, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Aug. 30, 1989, New York City U.S. newspaper publisher. Schiff was a wealthy socialite who in 1939 used family money to buy majority control of the New York Post. In 1943 she took the title of owner and president, and in 1962 she became editor in chief. Under her direction the Post became a crusading liberal paper, staunchly supporting unions and social-welfare legislation. She converted it to a tabloid format and included popular features and columnists, with the result that in the 1960s it became the city's only surviving afternoon daily. In 1976 she sold the Post to Rupert Murdoch

Dorothy Thompson

born July 9, 1894, Lancaster, N.Y., U.S. died Jan. 30, 1961, Lisbon, Port. U.S. journalist. After World War I she became a freelance correspondent in Europe. Her reporting on the Nazis so infuriated Adolf Hitler that in 1934 she became the first U.S. correspondent expelled from Germany. Her column "On the Record" was exceedingly popular and was syndicated from 1941 to 1958 in as many as 170 daily newspapers. Her many books include I Saw Hitler! (1932), Refugees (1938), Let the Record Speak (1939), and The Courage to Be Happy (1957). From 1928 to 1942 she was married to the novelist Sinclair Lewis

Dorothy Wordsworth

born Dec. 25, 1771, Cockermouth, Cumberland, Eng. died Jan. 25, 1855, Rydal Mount, Westmorland English writer. An inspiring influence on her brother William Wordsworth, she lived with him from 1795 onward. Her Alfoxden Journal 1798 (1897) from the period when he and Samuel Taylor Coleridge produced Lyrical Ballads (1798) and Grasmere Journals 1800-03 (1897) are intimate records of their lives. Both are appreciated for their imaginative descriptions of nature, their perfection of style, and their revelation of her personality as well as for the light they throw on her brother. In 1829 severe illness left her an invalid, and her mind was clouded in her last 20 years

Dorothy bag

small handbag that is carried on the wrist (Old British usage)

friend of Dorothy

A homosexual man

friends of Dorothy

plural form of friend of Dorothy

Silbentrennung

Dor·o·thy

Türkische aussprache

dôrıthi

Aussprache

/ˈdôrəᴛʜē/ /ˈdɔːrəθiː/

Etymologie

() The English form of Dorothea, the name of a legendary ( and possibly fictitious) saint, from Ancient Greek δῶρον, "gift" + θεός, "god".