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a female given name: derived from Albert.
Contemporary Examples

Albertine was forced to move back in with her mother with no sign of a future career.
A First Lady of Punk Rock Talks Justin Jones December 8, 2014

The Fugitive opens with the flight of the narrator’s own obsessive love interest, Albertine.
David’s Book Club: The Fugitive David Frum January 12, 2013

Albertine, comparatively poor and in the habit of living on the hospitality of rich friends, agrees.
Proust: The Captive David Frum November 3, 2012

Instead, the narrator only accelerates after Albertine’s death his ferocious investigations of her suspected lesbian love affairs.
David’s Book Club: The Fugitive David Frum January 12, 2013

Her response was a “very un-macho, uncool, and unexciting one,” according to Albertine.
A First Lady of Punk Rock Talks Justin Jones December 8, 2014

Historical Examples

He thinks youre dead, killed when the Albertine Range was annihilated.
The Variable Man Philip K. Dick

Gilbert profited by their being so engaged, to carry away Sebastian, guided by Albertine who fastened up the outer door after him.
The Hero of the People Alexandre Dumas

On the division of Saxony in 1485 it fell to the Albertine line, which has since held it.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 Various

It was cautiously opened by Albertine, a woman with whom Marat cohabited, and who passed for his wife.
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. Various

Look, Albertine, said he, and with me thank the chance enabling me to do a good turn for one of my brothers.
The Hero of the People Alexandre Dumas