Amasa

American  

[uh-mey-suh, am-uh-suh] / əˈmeɪ sə, ˈæm ə sə /

noun

1. (in the Bible) the commander of Absalom's army and later of David's army.

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Example Sentences

Built for mine owner Amasa Campbell and his family, visitors can see the game room where Campbell entertained Spokane’s big wigs plus his wife Grace’s gorgeous all-pink reception room.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2024

Amasa spent most of his early years in Florida, but a bookkeeping job took him to Finchburg, Alabama, where he met Harper Lee’s mother, Frances Cunningham Finch.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 10, 2018

Mills said that while researching the book, she talked to people who remembered the sisters’ father, Amasa Coleman Lee, a lawyer, playing golf in a three-piece suit.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2016

It was widely understood that Ms. Lee modeled Atticus on her father, Amasa Coleman “A.C.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2016

And so confident was he that Sidney Rigdon would continue to fail in the performance of his duty, that he ordained Elder Amasa Lyman to succeed him, both as counselor and spokesman.

From Succession in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Roberts, B. H.