DIANA

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• DIANA (noun)
  The noun DIANA has 2 senses:

1. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997)

2. (Roman mythology) virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; counterpart of Greek Artemis

  Familiarity information: DIANA used as a noun is rare.

• DIANA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Diana; Lady Diana Frances Spencer; Princess Diana; Princess of Wales

Instance hypernyms:

female aristocrat (a woman who is an aristocrat)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Roman mythology) virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; counterpart of Greek Artemis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Roman deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans)

Domain category:

Roman mythology (the mythology of the ancient Romans)

 Context examples 

Diana offered to teach me German.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Diana Chin, a researcher at Stanford University and Gary's trainer, points her finger to a perch about 20 inches away.

(Researchers study birds to improve how robots land, National Science Foundation)

I think angels were watching over Diana.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

"Good evening, Diana!" said Laurie, with the look of satisfaction she liked to see in his eyes when they rested on her.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Martin told him that his hatred of the magazines was rabid, fanatical, and that his conduct was a thousand times more despicable than that of the youth who burned the temple of Diana at Ephesus.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Diana and Mary's general answer to this question was a sigh, and some minutes of apparently mournful meditation.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

They called Diana to say that they were sorry—they would need another week to deliver her order.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If in our trio there was a superior and a leader, it was Diana.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

She ordered it during Mercury retrograde however, despite my pleading to wait. (Diana is my little Aries, always testing me—I do love that about her, and Aries, in general.) She said she needed it.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

"You are quite right, I am sure," said Diana.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)