noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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US:/ˈmæ.kəˌbi/
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noun
Meaning 1
A member of the Maccabees (a liberation movement in Israel who established Jewish independence in the Land of Israel in the second and first centuries BCE).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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History
Etymology
From the Latin Maccabaeus, from the Ancient Greek Μᾰκκᾰβαῖος (Măkkăbaîos), from the Biblical Hebrew מַכַּבִּי (makkabbī).
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