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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The Financial Times’ Gideon Rachman has pointed out that China still has a monopoly on rare earth minerals, which they used to great advantage during the recent tariff war.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
"Astrobiology is fundamentally a forensic science," said Gideon Yoffe, postdoctoral researcher at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and first author of the study.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
She received the peer-decided Gideon Award as felony attorney of the year in 2025, her bio states.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said his country is seeking "peace and normalisation" with Lebanon, as the two countries prepared to meet later Tuesday in Washington for their first direct talks in decades.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Since the accident on the subway he had been talking for hours, nearly nonstop, to Gideon.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
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