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Heroes and Heroines: Molly Pitcher
Molly

Name origin: English

Name meaning: Woman of Magdala

 
Pitcher

Name origin: English (chiefly eastern and southern)

Name meaning: from an agent derivative of Middle English pich ‘pitch’, hence an occupational name for a caulker, one who sealed the seams of ships or barrels with pitch.

 
 
 
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