Deborah
Americannoun
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(in the Bible) a prophetess and judge of ancient Israel.
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Also Debora. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “bee.”
noun
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a prophetess and judge of Israel who fought the Canaanites (Judges 4, 5)
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Rebecca's nurse (Genesis 35:8)
Example Sentences
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As Déborah Holtz and Juan Carlos Mena note in “Tacopedia,” “Every state of Mexico has its own version of enchiladas, though even then the official recipes are a source of frequent debate.”
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022
Déborah Mbongu, the granddaughter of Ms. Tavares, said she struggled to understand why Belgium was so reluctant to pay.
From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2021
As the Tunisian researcher Déborah Perez observes, Saïed “went to the people not in order to propose a program, but instead to tell them that they are the program.”
From Slate • Oct. 15, 2019
What I can say is that the recipes for the four salsas usually accompanying the pork have been sourced from the informative, entertaining and generally fantastic guide, “Tacopedia” by Déborah Holtz and Juan Carlos Mena.
From Salon • Jul. 25, 2018
Typing skills lead to romance for Déborah François in this 1950s-set French comedy.
From The Guardian • May 25, 2013
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