Gideon
Americannoun
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Also called Jerubbaal. (in the Bible) a judge of ancient Israel and conqueror of the Midianites.
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a member of the Gideons International, a society founded in 1899 to place Bibles in hotel rooms.
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a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “great destroyer.”
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Example Sentences
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Addressing him on X, Gideon Saar wrote: "You knowingly caused harm to our state in this disgraceful display - and not for the first time."
From BBC • May 20, 2026
The Financial Times’ Gideon Rachman has pointed out that China still has a monopoly on rare earth minerals, which they used to great advantage during the recent tariff war.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
"Astrobiology is fundamentally a forensic science," said Gideon Yoffe, postdoctoral researcher at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and first author of the study.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
She received the peer-decided Gideon Award as felony attorney of the year in 2025, her bio states.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
I wondered where Gideon was and when he would come back.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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