Deborah

Definitions

1. A judge of Israel.
2. A nurse of Rebecca.
3. A female given name from Hebrew, popular from the 1940s to the 1970s, first in the USA, then in the UK.

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Examples

“And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.”

“Rapier. Heigho! Deborah! it's an ugly name⟳, a damnable name⟳ - the name⟳ I mean⟳! - it sounds like⟳ Gomorrah! Deb! Debby! - worse still - sounded sharp now I rather like⟳ it! - Deborah! Deborah! Deborah!”

“He hadn't known, for example, that her middle name⟳ was Deborah. It was a name⟳ he liked: plucky, Midwestern and reliable-sounding. He was willing to bet⟳ that if you went through every women's prison in America, you wouldn't find⟳ a half-dozen Deborahs.”

“Your name⟳ is Deborah, Deborah / It never suited ya”

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