Meanings
proper noun
- A female given name.
1 more example
It was just a brief kiss, one that even Bernadine would have thought entirely appropriate between an uncle and niece had she happened to see it. But its briefness wasn’t the whole story. In that scant second that his lips claimed hers, Stacey felt herself suffused with warmth as a most unniecely heat flooded her body.
1990, Candace Schuler, Wildcat, Harlequin Books, →ISBN, page 194
Origin
Variant of Bernardine.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
Bernadine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bernadine
MLA
“Bernadine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bernadine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bernadine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bernadine.
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