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abigail

1 American  
[ab-i-geyl] / ˈæb ɪˌgeɪl /

noun

  1. a lady's maid.

Abigail 2 American  
[ab-i-geyl] / ˈæb ɪˌgeɪl /

noun

  1. (in the Bible) the wife of Nabal and later of David.

  2. a first name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy of the father.”

Abigail British  
/ ˈæbɪˌɡeɪl /

noun

  1. Old Testament the woman who brought provisions to David and his followers and subsequently became his wife (I Samuel 25:1–42)

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Etymology

Origin of abigail

1645–55; after Abigail, name of attendant in play The Scornful Lady (1610), by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher

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