Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- King of Israel who, according to the Bible, accepted his wife Jezebel's worship of Baal, thereby incurring Elijah's wrath.
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- proper noun biblical A king of
Israel . - proper noun A male
given name , very rarely used.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun according to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Captain Bildad; no, and he ain't Captain Peleg; HE'S AHAB, boy; and Ahab of old, thou knowest, was a crowned king! "
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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Una Spenser's marriage to Captain Ahab is certainly a crucial element in the narrative of Ahab's Wife, but the story covers vastly more territory.
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Neither one note critics like Jeremy Scahill of The Nation magazine, the Captain Ahab of the PMSC industry, or trade associations like IPOA give or even know the whole truth.
David Isenberg: PMSC and the Quest for Perfect Information David Isenberg 2010
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I can care about Newt and Gwen Stacy and Frodo and Captain Ahab and the Great Gatsby and on and on ... but I care about the Turtle and Abner Marsh and Tyrion Lannister and Jon Snow and Haviland Tuf and Daenerys and my own guys a thousand times more.
A Few More Last Words grrm 2010
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Neither one note critics like Jeremy Scahill of The Nation magazine, the Captain Ahab of the PMSC industry, or trade associations like IPOA give or even know the whole truth.
David Isenberg: PMSC and the Quest for Perfect Information David Isenberg 2010
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Neither one note critics like Jeremy Scahill of The Nation magazine, the Captain Ahab of the PMSC industry, or trade associations like IPOA give or even know the whole truth.
David Isenberg: PMSC and the Quest for Perfect Information David Isenberg 2010
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The whaling ship "Pequod" under the command of Captain Ahab!!!
The Herman Melville classic Moby Dick was based on the true story of what ship? 2010
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Neither one note critics like Jeremy Scahill of The Nation magazine, the Captain Ahab of the PMSC industry, or trade associations like IPOA give or even know the whole truth.
David Isenberg: PMSC and the Quest for Perfect Information David Isenberg 2010
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The whaling ship "Pequod" under the command of Captain Ahab!!!
The Herman Melville classic Moby Dick was based on the true story of what ship? 2010
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Neither one note critics like Jeremy Scahill of The Nation magazine, the Captain Ahab of the PMSC industry, or trade associations like IPOA give or even know the whole truth.
David Isenberg: PMSC and the Quest for Perfect Information David Isenberg 2010
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