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Noel

[ noh-el noh-uhl, nohl ]

noun

  1. (lowercase) a Christmas song or carol.
  2. a male given name.


Noel

/ nəʊˈɛl /

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Noel1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Noel1

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

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Example Sentences

Noel Canning comes out of the dysfunction surrounding appointments to the five-member NLRB.

Grossman recruited Noel Stookey instead, who henceforth went by his middle name Paul.

But the real reason for the outcry to the joke was contained in the article written by Noel Sheppard of Newsbusters.

In the early 2000s, Dutschke joined a Tupelo studio called Kinetic Kick owned by Noel McMichael.

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.

M. Noel, in a dress-coat, very dark skinned and with mutton-chop whiskers, came forward to meet us.

"And he would have done very well," remarked M. Noel, entering at these last words, very much excited.

A diversion was another portrait of himself, this time undertaken by Charles Noel Flagg.

I have ordered Mr. Noel to drop every article in my Lords commissions when they shall be hoisted up to too high a price.

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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