Josephine

alternative Jo · alternative Joe

1. A female given name from French.

   I'm going to call him Joseph or Josephine if it's a girl. Why? Because it's a strong name, Joe, Joseph.

   1998, Steven Herrick, A Place Like This, Univ. of Queensland Press, →ISBN, page 86

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   "I hate my name, too, so sentimental! I wish every one would say Jo instead of Josephine. How did you make the boys stop calling you Dora?”

   1868, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 3, in Little Women

alternative Jo · alternative Joe

1. not comparablePertaining to Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.

   In the 1780s however these were just a couple of strands in the mayhem of Josephine reform, with decrees streaming out of the Hofburg […] at an astounding rate.

   2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 266