Definitions

1. noun

A female given name, often shortened from names such as Edna May or Edna Pearl.

“The actress Edna St. Vincent Millay won the Nobel Prize in Literature.”

2. proper noun

Edna, a character in the 1947 play and 1949 film ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Tennessee Williams, and the 1951 film ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ directed by Elia Kazan.

“The iconic performance of Blanche DuBois and Edna in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ left audiences stunned.”