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固有名詞

Scarlett (複数形 Scarletts)

1. A surname originating as an occupation for a dyer or seller of (scarlet) fabric.
   • 1854, Alfred Tennyson, The Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava:

     For Scarlett and Scarlett's three hundred were riding by
     When the points of the Russian lances arose in the sky;

2. A female given name transferred from the surname, of general post-1936 usage.
   • 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter III, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC:

     'There now, Scarlett! You admit it is true. What would you be doing with a husband like Ashley? 'Tis moonstruck they all are, all the Wilkes.'