Definitions
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- proper noun A male
given name . - proper noun One of two books of the
Old Testament and theHebrew Tanakh . - proper noun The primary author and central character of the first book of Samuel.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Old Testament) Hebrew prophet and judge who anointed Saul as king
Etymologies
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Examples
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As an outsider, as a Jew born in the East End of London, he would put his considerable energies into seeking and winning acceptance for the name Samuel at the highest levels of British society.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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As an outsider, as a Jew born in the East End of London, he would put his considerable energies into seeking and winning acceptance for the name Samuel at the highest levels of British society.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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I thought at the time he might have been inflating his own work, but when I go back and read the scientific journals of that period I see that he was right: the name Samuel Nelson is mentioned in the same articles that trace the experiments that yielded the Nobel Prize.
The Beautiful Miscellaneous Dominic Smith 2007
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I thought at the time he might have been inflating his own work, but when I go back and read the scientific journals of that period I see that he was right: the name Samuel Nelson is mentioned in the same articles that trace the experiments that yielded the Nobel Prize.
The Beautiful Miscellaneous Dominic Smith 2007
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According to the dictionary, the name Samuel originally comes from the Hebrew Shemuel, which means literally “name of God.”
The G.O.D. Experiments Gary E. Schwartz 2006
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Moreover, my informal questioning of hundreds of individuals over more than fifteen years since then is that most people have no idea, either; not even many religious Jews know what the name Samuel means or where it comes from.
The G.O.D. Experiments Gary E. Schwartz 2006
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Another match for the name "Samuel Jackson" returned a Virginia man convicted of aggravated sexual battery and sentenced to life in prison, where he remains today.
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Have a charming vacation, spend your holiday bucks on the river that gave Mark Twain his name Samuel Clemens was a Mississippi riverboat pilot for a time.
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RITA-award-winning author and WU contributor Barbara Samuel is auctioning off some critiques on eBay in order to raise money for the AVON breast cancer walk in late June.
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RITA-award-winning author and WU contributor Barbara Samuel is auctioning off some critiques on eBay in order to raise money for the AVON breast cancer walk in late June.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Bid on a Critique by Barbara Samuel! 2008
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