As proper nouns the difference between robert and jeremiah
is that robert is (label) , equivalent to french and english (robert) while jeremiah is (abrahamic religions) an ancient prophet, the author of the book of jeremiah, and of the lamentations.
As a noun jeremiah is
a person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future; a prophet of doom.
As an interjection jeremiah is
(uk) expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration, etc.
robert
English
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
.
* : Act I, Scene I:
- My brother Robert'? Old Sir ' Robert' s son? / Colbrand the giant, that same mighty man?
* 1984 , Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir , Mariner Books, 2005, ISBN 0618509631, page 93
- I hadn't even considered names for a girl. Robby it would be. Robert' Douglas. Where the Douglas came from is another story, but the '''Robert''' came from me because I liked the sound. '''Robert''' was formal, dignified, important. ' Robert . And that was nearly as nice as as the chance I'd have to call my little brother Rob and Robby.
Usage notes
* One of the most common English given names since the Norman Conquest.
Related terms
* pet forms: Bob, Bobbie, Bobby, Rabbie (Scotland), Rob, Robbie, Robby
* variants: Robin, Rupert
* feminine forms: Roberta, Robin, Robyn
(surnames)
* Dabb
* Dabbs
* Dabinett
* Dabson
* Dobb
* Dobbie
* Dobbin
* Dobbing
* Dobbins
* Dobbinson
* Dobbs
* Dobby
* Dobbyn
* Dobie
* Dobing
* Dobinson
* Dobkin
* Dobson
* Dopson
* Hob
* Hobb
* Hobbes
* Hobbins
* Hobbis
* Hobbs
* Hoblyn
* Hobson
* Hopkin
* Hopkins
* Hopkinson
* Hopson
* Nobb
* Nobbs
* Nobes
* Probert
* Probin
* Probyn
* Rab
* Rabb
* Rabbitt
* Rabson
* Rapson
* Rob
* Robarts
* Robb
* Robbens
* Robbie
* Robbin
* Robbins
* Robbs
* Roberson
* Roberts
* Robertson
* Robeson
* Robey
* Robin
* Robins
* Robinson
* Robison
* Roblett
* Roblin
* Robson
* Roby
jeremiah
English
(Book of Jeremiah)
Alternative forms
* (abbreviations of the name of the book of the Bible)
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
(Abrahamic religions) An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.
(biblical) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
of biblical origin.
Quotations
* :
*: And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
* 2000 , David Pierce, Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader . Cork University Press. ISBN 1859182585, page 8:
*: The man whom you call Diarmaid when you speak Irish, a low, pernicious, un-Irish, detestable custom, begot by slavery, and propagated by cringing, and fostered by flunkeyism, forces you to call Jeremiah when you speak English, or as a concession, Darby.
Related terms
* (l), (l)
Noun
(
en noun)
A person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future; a prophet of doom.
Derived terms
* jeremiad
Related terms
* Jeremias
* Jeremy
* Jerry
See also
* (l)
Interjection
(
en interjection)
(UK) Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration, etc.
