"Elaine" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Old French Elaine",
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      "expansion": "Elene",
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      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē)",
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      "expansion": "Doublet of Helen",
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  "etymology_text": "From Old French Elaine, a variant of Elene, cognate to Helen, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). A Celtic origin has also been suggested since the name appears in Arthurian legend. Doublet of Helen.",
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  "pos": "name",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1859, Alfred Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine",
          "text": "Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable,\nElaine, the lily maid of Astolat,\nHigh in her chamber up a tower to the east\nGuarded the sacred shield of Lancelot;",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye, page 278",
          "text": "My own mother named me after her best friend, as women did in those days. Elaine, which I once found too plaintive. I wanted something more definite, a monosyllable: Dot or Pat, like a foot set down. Nothing you could make a mistake about; nothing watery. But my name has solidified around me, with time. I think of it as tough but pliable now, like a well-worn glove.",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Élaine"
        },
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "Elaine"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈleɪn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iːˈleɪn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪn"
    }
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  "word": "Elaine"
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Helen"
      },
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      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē)",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "Helen"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Helen",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French Elaine, a variant of Elene, cognate to Helen, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). A Celtic origin has also been suggested since the name appears in Arthurian legend. Doublet of Helen.",
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          "text": "Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable,\nElaine, the lily maid of Astolat,\nHigh in her chamber up a tower to the east\nGuarded the sacred shield of Lancelot;",
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        },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Élaine"
    },
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      "word": "Elaine"
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  "word": "Elaine"
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