Sisera
Americannoun
noun
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A classic example of tactical guile was offered by the Prophetess Deborah in her battle with the Canaanite general, Sisera.
From Time Magazine Archive
Why, for instance, is poached trout called Trout Sisera?
From Time Magazine Archive
There was Deborah, "a prophetess who judged Israel at that time," and went to aid in the defeat of Sisera, and there was Huldah, the prophetess, who warned Josiah, king of Judah.
From Modern Magic by Vere, Maximilian Schele de
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John
Thus we have Sisera lying on a feather bed and attired like a trooper of Cromwell's Ironsides, and Jael dressed like a modern maid-of-all-work.
From English Painters with a chapter on American painters by Koehler, S. R.
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