Jeroboam
noun
the first king of the Biblical kingdom of the Hebrews in N Palestine.
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Jeroboam
American
[jer-uh-boh-uhm]
/ ˌdʒɛr əˈboʊ əm /
noun
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the first king of the Biblical kingdom of the Hebrews in N Palestine.
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(lowercase) a large wine bottle having a capacity of about four ordinary bottles or 3 liters (3.3 quarts).
Jeroboam
1
British
/ ˌdʒɛrəˈbəʊəm /
noun
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the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel (?922–?901 bc )
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king of the northern kingdom of Israel (?786–?746 bc )
jeroboam
2
British
/ ˌdʒɛrəˈbəʊəm /
noun
Etymology
Origin of jeroboam
C19: humorous allusion to Jeroboam (sense 1), described as a ``mighty man of valour'' (I Kings 11:28) who ``made Israel to sin'' (I Kings 14:16)
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His son hopped online to research its value and stumbled across an article in the Drinks Business about Bonhams Skinner selling a 1971 La Tâche Jeroboam in October for $81,250.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2023
He never seemed to find the right occasion for a Jeroboam, which contains the equivalent of four regular bottles of wine.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2023
Current excavators favour a construction date in the first half of the eighth century bc, during the reign of Jeroboam II; a few think the structure is not a stable, but storehouses or barracks.
From Nature ● Feb. 25, 2020
After Renaldo Maurice crouched and collapsed to the floor, Jeroboam Bozeman collected his body and propped him up so that they sat back to back.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2017
We now proceed to examine the course pursued by Jeroboam, the fourth King who was chosen to reign over Israel.
From A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion by Benjamin Offen
His cherubic face defaults to a broad smile, and his voice, instantly recognizable from across a canyon or a crowded restaurant, is oversize and jolly, a jeroboam at a dinner party.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
There were also a few double magnums, and one jeroboam: six bottles.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 15, 2017
When a character in a movie or TV show says the word “brunch,” it is generally taken as a signal that this is a scene of pretentious, possible jeroboam of champagne swilling clueless excess.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2014
The jeroboam is the first of only seven being sold by Roederer in the UK this year, and will retail for £18,000.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2013
"Or make a brandy jeroboam in a frosty morning, without license from a commissioner of excise," said the smuggler.
From The Black Dwarf by Sir Walter Scott
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