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Date "HAIDEE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references)

Specialty Definition: HAIDEE

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LiteratureHaidee (2 syl.). A beautiful Greek girl, who found Don Juan when he was cast ashore, and restored him to animation. "Her hair was auburn, and her eyes were black as death." Her mother, a Moorish woman from Fez, was dead, and her father, Lambro, a rich Greek pirate, was living on one of the Cyclades. She and Juan fell in love with each other during the absence of Lambro from the island. On his return Juan was arrested, placed in a galliot, and sent from the island. Haidee went mad and, after a lingering illness, died. (Byron: Don Juan, cantos ii. iii. iv.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
WikipedicHaidee is a beautiful Greek girl in Don Juan, who, falling in love with the hero and losing him, came to a tragic end. (references)

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