catherine

Noun catherine has 2 senses

• catherine(n = noun.person) catherine of aragon - first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536);
is a kind of married woman, wife

• catherine(n = noun.person) catherine ii, catherine the great - empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796);
is a kind of empress