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feminine

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that comes from

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meaning ''gardener''. It may refer to:

Persons

Hortense Allart Hortense Allart de Méritens (; pseudonym Prudence de Saman L'Esbatx; 7 September 1801 – 28 February 1879) was an Italian-French feminist writer and essayist. Her novels, based on her adventures, did not have much success, except for ''Les ench ...

(1801–1879), Italian-French feminist writer and essayist *

Hortense de Beauharnais Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte (; , ; 10 April 1783 – 5 October 1837) was Queen consort of Holland. She was the stepdaughter of Emperor Napoléon I as the daughter of his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais. Hortense later married Napol� ...

(1783–1837), stepdaughter of Napoleon and Queen consort of Holland *

Hortense Béwouda Hortense Béwouda (born 19 October 1978) is a Cameroonian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. Her personal best time is 51.04 seconds, achieved in June 2004 in Algiers. She currently holds the national record in 4 x 400 metres relay with ...

(born 1978), sprinter from Cameroon *

Hortense Clews Hortense Clews (née Daman; 12 August 1926 – 18 December 2006) was member of the Belgian Resistance during World War II.

(1926–2006), member of the Belgian Resistance in World War II *

Hortense Dufour Hortense Dufour (born 1946 in Saintes) is a French writer. She spent her childhood and youth in Marennes, Charente-Maritime. Biography Dufour is the daughter of a French magistrate and an Italian musician. She spent three years in Madagascar a ...

(born 1946), French writer *

Hortense Ellis Hortense Ellis (18 April 1941 – 19 October 2000) was a reggae musician, and the younger sister of fellow artist Alton Ellis.Hortense Calisher Hortense Calisher (December 20, 1911 – January 13, 2009) was an American writer of fiction and the second female president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Biography Personal life Born in New York City, and a graduate of Hunter Co ...

(1911–2009), American fiction writer, author of ''In the Absence of Angels'' *

Hortense Globensky-Prévost Hortense Globensky-Prévost (1804 - 29 April 1873) also known as ''Chevalière des Deux-Montagnes'' and ''Héroïne du Nord'', was a Canadian heroine, known for her role as a British loyalist during the Rebellions of 1837–1838; on two famous occas ...

(1804–1873), Canadian heroine *

Hortense Gordon Hortense Mattice Gordon (24 November 1886 – 6 November 1961), born Hortense Crompton Mattice, was a Canadian artist who worked abstractly in later life and became a member of Painters Eleven. Life and early work Born in Hamilton, Ontario, ...

(1886–1961), Canadian abstract painter * Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot (1784–1845), French painter of genre scenes * Hortense or Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723–1788), French astronomer and mathematician * Hortense Mancini (1646–1699), Duchess of Mazarin and a mistress of Charles II, King of England * Hortense Powdermaker (1900–1970), American anthropologist *

Hortense Parker Hortense Parker Gilliam, born Hortense Parker (1859–1938), was the first known African-American graduate of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, in 1883. She taught music and piano at elementary school in Kansas City, Missouri from 1906 to 1913. That y ...

(1859–1938), music teacher and daughter of African–American inventor, industrialist and abolitionist John Parker *

Hortense Rhéa Hortense Rhéa (born Hortense Barbe-Loret; 4 September 1844 – 5 May 1899) was a Belgian-born French actress whose popularity extended to the Russian Empire and later the United States of America. Early life Hortense Barbe-Loret was born in Bru ...

(1844–1899), French actress *

Hortense Schneider Hortense Catherine Schneider, ''La Snédèr'', (30 April 1833 in Bordeaux, France – 5 May 1920, in Paris, France) was a French soprano, one of the greatest operetta stars of the 19th century, particularly associated with the works of composer J ...

(1833–1920), French soprano *

Hortense Sparks Ward Hortense Sparks Ward (July 21, 1872 – December 5, 1944) was a pioneering Texas lawyer and women's rights activist. Biography Born Hortense Sparks in Matagorda County, Texas, Ward grew up in Edna, Texas and attended Nazareth Academy, a convent ...

(1872–1944), pioneering Texas lawyer and women's rights activist *

Hortense Spillers Hortense J. Spillers (born 1942) is an American literary critic, Black Feminist scholar and the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor at Vanderbilt University. A scholar of the African diaspora, Spillers is known for her essays on African-American ...

(born 1942), American literary critic and theorist of Black studies

Fictional characters

* Hortense Bellacourt, the unattractive eldest of the Bellacourt sisters in the ''

Another Period ''Another Period'' is an American period sitcom television series created by and starring Natasha Leggero and Riki Lindhome. It followed the lives of the Bellacourts, the first family of Newport, Rhode Island, at the turn of the 20th century. Lil ...

'' tv series * Hortense Briggs, in the novel '' An American Tragedy'' by Theodore Dreiser * Hortense Cumberbatch, in the film '' Secrets & Lies'' by British director, Mike Leigh * Hortense Daigle, portrayed by Eileen Heckart in ''

The Bad Seed ''The Bad Seed'' is a 1954 novel by American writer William March, the last of his major works published before his death. Nominated for the 1955 National Book Award for Fiction, ''The Bad Seed'' tells the story of a mother's realization that h ...

'' play and film * Hortense Derry, as Frank Derry’s Dana Andrews step-mother, portrayed by Gladys George in the film '' The Best Years of Our Lives'' *

Hortense McDuck File:Glasgow 1877 by Don Rosa.jpg, 329px, ''Glasgow 1877'', Clan McDuck portrait by Don Rosa; left to right: Jake, Matilda, Downy, Fergus, Hortense, Scrooge McDuck, Scrooge (age 10), and Angus; wall portraits: Malcolm, Eider, Quackly, Roast, and H ...

, a Disney character who is Scrooge McDuck's sister and Donald Duck's mother * Hortense, adopted sister of Michael Roberts in the novel " Small Island" by Andrea Levy * Hortense Toomey Campanati, in the novel ''

Earthly Powers ''Earthly Powers'' is a panoramic saga novel of the 20th century by Anthony Burgess first published in 1980. It begins with the "outrageously provocative" first sentence: "It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with ...

'' by Anthony Burgess * Mademoiselle Hortense, in the novel '' Bleak House'' by Charles Dickens * Hortense, later known as Mist, from the

Guardians of Ga'Hoole ''Guardians of Ga'Hoole'' is a fantasy book series written by Kathryn Lasky and published by Scholastic. The series contains a total of 16 books and although originally intended to conclude with the 2008 publication of ''The War of the Ember' ...

series by Kathryn Lasky * Hortense, Donald Duck's pet in comic books and a cartoon – see ''

Donald's Ostrich ''Donald's Ostrich'' is an animated short film produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released to theaters on December 10, 1937, by RKO Radio Pictures. It was the first film in the '' Donald Duck'' series of short films, although ...

'' * Hortense, Sapphire's sister in the TV show ''

Amos 'n' Andy ''Amos 'n' Andy'' is an American radio sitcom about black characters, initially set in Chicago and later in the Harlem section of New York City. While the show had a brief life on 1950s television with black actors, the 1928 to 1960 radio show ...

.'' * Hortense, another Disney character who was the horse of young Scrooge McDuck and was named after Scrooge's sister * Hortense, brothel madam in the TV show ''

Maison Close Maison Close is a French television series which premiered on Canal+ on October 4, 2010. The series was developed by Mabrouk El Mechri and is based on a concept created by Jacques Ouaniche. It is a drama set in a nineteenth-century Parisian brothe ...

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