Noel

[ noh-el for 1, 2; noh-uhl, nohl for 3 ]

noun

Christmas.
(lowercase) a Christmas song or carol.

a male given name.

Origin of Noel

First recorded in 1805–15; from French Nöel, ultimately from Latin nātālis (diēs) “birthday”; see natal

Words Nearby Noel

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How to use Noel in a sentence

Noel Canning comes out of the dysfunction surrounding appointments to the five-member NLRB.
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Grossman recruited Noel Stookey instead, who henceforth went by his middle name Paul.
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But the real reason for the outcry to the joke was contained in the article written by Noel Sheppard of Newsbusters.
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In the early 2000s, Dutschke joined a Tupelo studio called Kinetic Kick owned by Noel McMichael.
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The rest is filler, which means you have to listen to “The First Noel” and “The Christmas Song” a lot more than you might like.
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M. Noel, in a dress-coat, very dark skinned and with mutton-chop whiskers, came forward to meet us.
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"And he would have done very well," remarked M. Noel, entering at these last words, very much excited.
The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet
A diversion was another portrait of himself, this time undertaken by Charles Noel Flagg.
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I have ordered Mr. Noel to drop every article in my Lords commissions when they shall be hoisted up to too high a price.
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When Mr. Noel had finished his farewell visit to-day, Mr. Flower was announced, so my morning has run away in chat.
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British Dictionary definitions for Noel

Noel

Nol

/ (nəʊˈɛl) /

noun

(esp in carols) another word for Christmas
(often not capital) rare a Christmas carol

Origin of Noel

C19: from French, from Latin nātālis a birthday; see natal 1

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