Susanna

[soo-zan-uh]

noun

a book of the Apocrypha, constituting the 13th chapter of Daniel in the Douay Bible.

Also Su·san·nah. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “lily.”

Examples from the Web for susanna

She Mattersby Susanna Sonnenberg The author collects female friends like kitchenware, but engineers many interpersonal collapses.
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Susanna C. Larsson, et al. “Coffee Consumption and Risk of Stroke in Women.”
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Susanna Martin, an aged woman of Amesbury, Mass., was tried and executed for the alleged crime of witchcraft.
The Works of Whittier, Volume I (of VII)|John Greenleaf Whittier

Susanna will cook it, I'm sure—or, maybe, let me do it myself.
The Brass Bound Box|Evelyn Raymond
He put Susanna Noda aside and moved to the dim middle of the room.
Linda Condon|Joseph Hergesheimer
Susanna herself in v. 22 evidently remembers David's words in II.
The Three Additions to Daniel, A Study|William Heaford Daubney
She was fairly certain that Miss Susanna would never give any such consent.
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British Dictionary definitions for susanna

Susanna

noun Apocrypha

the wife of Joachim, who was condemned to death for adultery because of a false accusation, but saved by Daniel's sagacity

the book of the Apocrypha containing this story

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for susanna

Susanna

fem. proper name, from Latin Susanna, from Greek Sousana, from Hebrew Shoshannah, literally "a lily." One of the women that attended Jesus in his journeys.

Susanna

noun

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Susanna

noun Apocrypha

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