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What does Gretchen mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Gretchen? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. A female given name of German origin; a pet form of Margaret.
  2. Heroine of the play Faust by Goethe.
Name
  1. A female given name of German origin.
    1. (meaning, history) A pearl. Also see Margot, Marguerite, Megan.
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While Faust and Mephisto partook of wild ribaldry and pleasurably summoned up wicked spirits with their sorcery, Gretchen was suffering scorn, ridicule, and imprisonment.
Gretchen swallowed her sigh of disappointment and looked at her dancing partner.
In the garden, Gretchen appears and reappears now and then to bring her cups of tea or glasses of juice.
I nodded at Mr. Gretchen and slowly made my way over to the gate and unhooked the latch.
Never in his life before had he been so downhearted Gretchen observed his melancholy.
We all know, and spend our lives trying to avoid, people like Jimmy and Gretchen.

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