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daniel | joseph |

As a proper noun daniel

is hungarian equivalent of daniel.

As a noun joseph is

(sometimes capitalised) a woman's riding habit worn in the 18th century with a long cape and buttons running down the front.

daniel

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.
  • The prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.
  • * : Daniel 6: 16 :
  • Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel', and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto ' Daniel , Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
  • * ~1594 William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice: Act IV, Scene I :
  • A Daniel' come to judgment! yea, a ' Daniel ! / O wise young judge, how do I honour thee!
  • in regular use since the Middle Ages.
  • * 1989 , A Prayer for Owen Meany , Corgi Books, ISBN 0552135399, page 55:
  • "His name is Daniel' Needham," my mother said. Whew! With what relief - down came my grandmother's hands! Needham was a fine old name, a founding fathers sort of name, a name you could trace back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony - if not exactly Gravesend itself. And '''Daniel''' was as '''Daniel''' as ' Daniel Webster, which was as good a name as a Wheelwright could wish for.
    "But he's called Dan," my mother added, bringing a slight frown to my grandmother's countenance.
  • (rare) .
  • A location in the state of Wyoming in the United States (Zip Code: 83115). (From the U.S. Census Bureau 1990)
  • Derived terms

    * Daniel come to judgement * Daniel Island * Daniels * Danielsen * Danielson * Danielsville * McDaniels

    Anagrams

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    joseph

    English

    (wikipedia Joseph)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (biblical) Eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel.
  • * :
  • Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
  • * 1913 ,
  • A few shocks of corn in a corner of the fallow stood up as if alive; she imagined them bowing; perhaps her son would be a Joseph .
  • The husband of Virgin Mary.
  • * :
  • And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph , which was the son of Heli.
  • The 12th sura (chapter) of the Quran
  • (Christianity) (Joseph of Arimathea); man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus.
  • , popular as a middle name.
  • * 1998 (Steven Herrick), A Place Like This , Univ. of Queensland Press, ISBN 0702229849, page 86:
  • I'm going to call him Joseph' / or Josephine if it's a girl. / Why? / Because it's a strong name, / Joe, ' Joseph . / You give a kid a name like Cameron / or Alfred, or something like that, / and they end up wearing glasses / and looking at computers for the rest of their life. / - - - So Joe it is. / He'll turn out strong. Strong and smart.

    See also

    * * (Saint Joseph) * (Joseph of Arimathea) English terms derived from the Bible ----