ellen

UK /ˈɛl.ən/ US /ˈɛl.ən/
noun 3name 2

Definitions

noun

1

Zeal.

2

Strength; courage.

3

Strength vouchsafed; comfort; grace.

name

1

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

And how doth my cousin, your bedfellow? and your fairest daughter and mine, my god-daughter Ellen?

"Is her name Ellen or Helen, Miss Viner? I thought - " Miss Viner closed her eyes. "I can sound my h's, dear, as well as anyone, but Helen is not a suitable name for a servant. I don't know what the mothers in the lower classes are coming to nowadays."

2

A river in Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, that flows into the Solway Firth at Maryport.

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