Empress, previous name Joséphine de Beauharnais; original name Marie Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie. 1763–1814, empress of France as wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (1796–1809)
Josephine in American English1
(ˈdʒoʊzəˌfin; ˈdʒoʊsəfin)
noun
a feminine name: dim. Jo, Josie; var. Josepha
Word origin
Fr Joséphine < Joseph: see UNRESOLVED CROSS REF
Josephine in American English2
(ˈdʒoʊzəˌfin; dʒoʊsəˌfin)
1763-1814; wife of Napoleon (1796-1809) & empress of France (1804-09): wife (1779-94)of Vicomte Alexandre de Beauharnais (1760-94), Fr. army officer