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name
A male given name from Hebrew.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
The second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of King Saul in the Hebrew Bible; the son of Jesse and the father of Nathan and King Solomon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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name
A surname originating as a patronymic common in Wales, in honor of the ancient Saint David of Wales.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A female given name, often combined with a feminine middle name (e.g. David Ann).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, uncountable
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name
A place name:
A city, the capital of Chiriquí province, Panama.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A place name:
A former unincorporated community in Mitchell County, Iowa, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A place name:
An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A place name:
A barangay of Mangaldan, Pangasinan, Philippines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A place name:
A barangay of San Jose, Tarlac, Philippines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A person or group considered unlikely to prevail; an underdog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Synonyms: little man
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites; as a young shepherd he fought Goliath (a giant Philistine warrior) and killed him by hitting him in the head with a stone flung from a sling; he united Israel with Jerusalem as its capital; many of the Psalms are attributed to David (circa 1000-962 BC)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: king, male monarch, Rex
noun
French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Jacques Louis David
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: painter
noun
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Saint David, St. David
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: patron saint
History
Etymology tree Proto-Semitic Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwiḏ)bor. Koine Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ (Dauī̈́d)bor. Late Latin Dāvīdbor. Old English Dauid, David Middle English David, Davyd, Davyde English David From Middle English David, Davyd, Davyde, from Old English Dauid, David, from Late Latin Dāvīd, from Koine Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ (Dauī̈́d), from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwiḏ, literally “beloved”).
Across languages
206 source translations are retained for this English entry.
