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Definition of: Priscilla
(pri·sil′ə; Du. pri·sil′lä, Ital. prē·sil′lä)
A feminine personal name. Also Fr. Pris·cille (prē·sēl′). [<L, somewhat ancient]
—Priscilla
In Longfellow's poem The Courtship of Miles Standish, the Puritan maiden, Priscilla Mullens, courted by John Alden as proxy for Standish. Later she married Alden.
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