Proper noun

1. A plain in Israel.

   • I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

2. derived from the biblical place name.
3. (UK derogatory slang) A working-class female.
4. Any of a number of places in the U.S.A. and Canada named after the biblical place.

Quotations

• 1927 Sinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry, Harcourt, Brace and Company, page 183:

  My name is Katie Jonas. I was born in Utica. My dad worked on a brickyard. I picked out the name Sharon Falconer while I was a stenographer.

• 2001 Deborah Cameron, Working With Spoken Discourse, SAGE, ISBN 0761957731, page 157:

  The group suggested a number of reasons why a girl might not fit in to their community - for instance, if she wore white socks and had a name like 'Sharon'.