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The French pronunciation is roughly or-TAHNZ

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Hortense is a French name that means "gardener"

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Hortense Fiquet, painter Paul Cezanne's wife and art subject
Hortense Powdermaker, anthropologist
Hortense de Beauharnais, stepdaughter of Emperor Napoleon I,being the daughter of his first wife; Josephine

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Hortense Roberts, a main character from the award winning book and mini series "Small Island" by Andrea Levy
Hortense Briggs, a character from "An American Tragedy" by Theodore Dreiser
Hortense McDuck, a relative to Scrooge McDuck
Hortense, a minor character in the cartoon "Dan Vs."
Hortense is a character in the classic novel "Cousin Bette" by Honore de Balzac
Hortense is an owl from the "Guardians Of Gahoole" series by Kathryn Lasky
Mademoiselle Hortense, Lady Dedlock's French maid from "Bleak House" by Charles Dickens
Madame Hortense a character from "Zorba the Greek" by Nikos Kazantzakis