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English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nell
- A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor, Ellen and Helen.
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals): : Act I, Scene 2:
- O Nell, sweet Nell, if thou does love thy lord,
- Banish the canker of ambitious thoughts;
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