Gideon
Americannoun
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Also called Jerubbaal. (in the Bible) a judge of ancient Israel and conqueror of the Midianites.
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a member of the Gideons International, a society founded in 1899 to place Bibles in hotel rooms.
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a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “great destroyer.”
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Example Sentences
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Epidemiologist Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz breaks down the science and concludes that the results are actually pretty reassuring.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
Only one unfortunate choice mars the whole—the original reproductions of artwork that appear in the original Russian editions are replaced by lovely but abstract images by Gideon Bosker designed to evoke the text.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Messages sent to email addresses associated with Gideon went unreturned, and several phone numbers listed for him were out of service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
In an X post on Wednesday, he said Colombia and Israel would share a relationship "like never before" after speaking with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Mostly, I would tell me that Gideon Wright wouldn't amount to much in the future anyway.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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