Abel
Americannoun
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(in the Bible) the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain.
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Sir Frederick Augustus, 1827–1902, English chemist: inventor of cordite.
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I. W., 1908–87, U.S. labor leader: president of the United Steelworkers of America 1965–77.
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Niels Henrik 1802–29, Norwegian mathematician.
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a first name.
noun
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Archer sold more than 300 million books in his five-decade writing career, including the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel, and has often set the novels in his home town of Wellington, Somerset.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“East of Eden” parallels the Biblical story of Cain and Abel first through Adam and Charles Trask, then again through Adam’s twin sons Aron and Caleb.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
“Howard has served Berkshire’s owners on this Board for more than three decades,” Abel said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
He, and Greg Abel, say these aren’t opportunistic investments.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
By now, Abel owned three of the owl’s feathers—he was quite sure they were the owl’s.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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