gideon
/ˈɡɪd.i.ən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A male given name from Hebrew, popularized by Puritans.
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An English surname originating as a patronymic.
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A city in Missouri, United States; named for lumber businessman Frank Gideon.
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noun
A member of Gideons International, an evangelical Christian association, founded in 1899, that distributes free copies of the Bible.
Example Sentences
- "And the Lord said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place."
- "“He accused us of slandering him, presumably by implying he was a hipster, and of using the pic without his permission,” Gideon Lichfield, the Review’s editor-in-chief, explained Tuesday on Twitter."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡɪd.i.ən/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.