Definition of: Catherine

(kath′ə·rin, kath′rin, Fr. ká·trēn′)
A feminine personal name. [<Gk.; meaning uncertain]
—Catherine, Saint
A virgin of Alexandria who, in the fourth century, professed Christianity and died by torture on the wheel.
—Catherine I,
1680?–1727, empress of Russia; wife of Peter the Great.
—Catherine II,
1729–96; empress of Russia 1762–96: known as Catherine the Great.
—Catherine de Medici
See MEDICI.
—Catherine of Aragon,
1485–1536, first wife of Henry VIII of England; divorced 1533.
—Catherine of Braganza,
1638–1705, queen of Charles II of England.