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A female given name, diminutive of Katherine and of its variant forms. quotations examples
'Ma'am, may I send Katty down to the King's House, with a note to Mr.—a note to the King's House, Ma'am—I thank you—and see, Katty, good girl, ask to see the gentleman himself, and take his answer from his own lips.'
1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard