Paul

American  

[pawl, poul] / pɔl, paʊl /

noun

1. Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles.

2. Alice, 1885–1977, U.S. women's-rights activist.

3. Elliot (Harold), 1891–1958, U.S. novelist.

4. Jean pen name of Jean Paul Friedrich Richter.

5. a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “little”.

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Paul British  

/ pɔːl /

noun

1. Saint. Also called: Paul the Apostle, Saul of Tarsus. original name Saul. died ?67 _ad , one of the first Christian missionaries to the Gentiles, who died a martyr in Rome. Until his revelatory conversion he had assisted in persecuting the Christians. He wrote many of the Epistles in the New Testament. Feast day: June 29

2. Jean. See Jean Paul

3. Les, real name Lester Polfuss. 1915–2009, US guitarist: creator of the solid-body electric guitar and pioneer in multitrack recording

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Paul Cultural  

1. Ancient Christian preacher and teacher; along with the Apostle Peter, one of the foremost leaders of the early Christian Church. Paul, originally called Saul, was at first an enemy and persecutor of the early Christians. As he rode to Damascus one day, seeking to suppress the Christians there, a strong light from heaven blinded him, and God spoke to him; after this experience, Saul became a Christian. Going by the Greek name Paul, he spent the rest of his life bringing the gospel to the peoples of the ancient world. The New Testament includes his many epistles (letters) to the early Christian communities.

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Paul Idioms  

1. see rob Peter to pay Paul.

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Ord Minnett analyst Paul Kaner says the capital required to reach an output target of 500,000 oz. of gold by FY29 was 40% higher than the market had forecast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Paul Willows, currently in Rhodes, Greece, with his family said they had to sleep on the floor of a hotel's conference room on Tuesday night.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

"This is a very exciting milestone," said Dr. Sourabh Paul, lead author of the study.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

“The casino analogy only works if yen weakness were speculative,” added Paul Donovan, chief economist at UBS Global Wealth Management.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

The forty-eight-year-old Paul Jennings was a free man.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis