Mordecai
Americannoun
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(in the Bible) the cousin and guardian of Esther who delivered the Jews from the destruction planned by Haman.
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a male given name.
noun
noun
Example Sentences
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Mordecai Kaplan defined God as a spiritual and ethical power within us that urges us to do good.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
In the story of Esther, Mordecai entreats his niece to step into her Jewishness to prevent atrocities from happening.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2025
Then he heard Howard University President Mordecai Wyatt Johnson’s lecture on Mahatma Gandhi, whose conceptions of nonviolent protest as a “love-force,” along with Christian love, animated a transformative movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2024
Washington State’s star edge rusher couldn’t find a way to get pressure on Wisconsin quarterback Tanner Mordecai, and as the Sept. 9 game wore on, he started to feel frustration boil inside him.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
Siobhan rubbed her bracelet for luck as Reggie warmed up with his teammate, Mordecai.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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