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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In December 2022, Gideon sent a letter to the Mississippi Supreme Court that said he had been “suspended” from visiting the post office in Greenwood over some type of incident.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
Lisa Savage, the Green-aligned independent candidate, earned 5 percent of the vote, and was instructing her supporters to rank Gideon second.
From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026
One of these firms, Gideon Strategic Partners, finds family offices are “not only a source of deal flow, but also a source of due diligence,” Erik Oros, Gideon’s chief investment officer.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
The statement issued by Netanyahu and Gideon Saar on Thursday accused the New York Times of "one of the most hideous and distorted lies ever published against the State of Israel in the modern press".
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Mostly, I would tell me that Gideon Wright wouldn't amount to much in the future anyway.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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