deborah
/ˈdɛb(ə)ɹə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.61 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time."
- "Rapier. Heigho! Deborah! it's an ugly name, a damnable name - the name I mean! - it sounds like Gomorrah! Deb! Debby! - worse still - sounded sharp now I rather like it! - Deborah! Deborah! Deborah!"
- "He hadn't known, for example, that her middle name was Deborah. It was a name he liked: plucky, Midwestern and reliable-sounding. He was willing to bet that if you went through every women's prison in America, you wouldn't find a half-dozen Deborahs."
- "Your name is Deborah, Deborah / It never suited ya"
- "Frecklington also announced the appointment of former Queensland police officer Deborah Platz as the state’s new human rights commissioner, succeeding Scott McDougall, who criticised both sides of politics over a range of issues, particularly the state’s youth law and order crackdown."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: דְּבוֹרָה
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈdɛb(ə)ɹə/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.