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Bildad

American  
[bil-dad] / ˈbɪl dæd /

noun

  1. (in the Bible) a friend of Job.


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MacLeish makes Zophar a broken-down priest, Eliphaz a wreck of a doctor and Bildad a soapbox-orating Communist.

From Time Magazine Archive

Main target of Jomo's wrath was not Odinga but rather Bildad Kaggia, the lone Kikuyu in the KPU's Luo-dominated upper ranks.

From Time Magazine Archive

The house where she once lived wuz a not over big house of brick, no bigger nor better than Bildad Henzy’s over in Zoar, and looked some like it.

From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta

With a single bound Bildad sprang out upon the sand, brandishing a huge spear that Canaris had brought with him from the lake.

From Guy in the Jungle A Boy's Adventure in the Wilds of Africa by Graydon, William Murray

“Well, it’s a lucky thing for Bildad that he ran across us,” was Guy’s comment; and Bildad, to judge from his contented expression, seemed thoroughly to appreciate this fact.

From The River of Darkness, or, Under Africa by Graydon, William Murray

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