Mariette

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proper noun

A female given name from French.

UncommonScrabble 10

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from French.

    Some sobbed and hugged each other. "This is torture," [said] Mary Shevory, mother of crew member Mariette Wright.

    2015 October 5, Associated Press, “Coast Guard: Ship missing in Bahamas sank”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2015
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    Miss Mariette Behr and Arthur Ryle were married yesterday afternoon in the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church by the Rev. George Cooper Hood. The bride, who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hawthorne Behr of New York and Palm Beach, Fla., was given in marriage by her father.

    1940 June 2, Ira. L. Hill, “Mariette Behr Married Here to Arthur Ryle […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

    Miss Mariette German, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. German, will be married to J. N. Evans, son of Mrs. P. M. Evans and the late Dr. Evans, on Dec. 30 in Middletown. Miss German is a graduate of the Culver Smith Kindergarten Training School.

    1933 November 27, “Mariette German’s Bridal”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

    The two Americans and one Norwegian were pronounced dead at the scene, said Mariette Hopley, who heads the Great White Shark Protection Foundation.

    2008 April 14, “Wave kills 3 on shark diving trip”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2026

    Actress Mariette Hartley has been through drama before, with decades of experience in film, television and on local stages, beginning with a Los Angeles production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” with Bert Lahr.

    2012 December 9, Steve Appleford, “Theater of survival”, in Burbank Leader, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2026

Origin

  1. FrenchMariette
  2. EnglishMariette

From French Mariette. By surface analysis, Marie /Mary + -ette. Piecewise doublet of Marietta.

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Cite this entry
APA

Mariette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mariette

MLA

“Mariette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mariette. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mariette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mariette.

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