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Meaning of Nathan | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈneɪθən

Definitions

  1. An Old Testament prophet who advised King David.
  2. A white hip-hop fan, especially one who listens to white rappers and looks down on mumble rap.
  3. The fourth son of King David and father of Mattatha
  4. A male given name from Hebrew, of Biblical origin.
  5. An English surname originating as a patronymic.
  6. An Ashkenazi surname from Hebrew [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant of Natan.
  7. A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; named for Matthew Nathan, 13th Governor of Queensland.

Equivalents

العربية ناثان
Deutsch Natan Nathan
Ελληνικά Νάθαν Νέιθαν
Español Natan
Français Nathan
עברית נתן
Հայերեն Նաթան
Italiano Nathan
한국어 나단
Latina Nathan
Malti Natan
Nederlands Nathan
Polski Natan
Português nata Natan
Русский Ната́н

Examples

“And Dauids anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liueth, the man that hath done this thing, shall surely die. And he shall restore the Lambe fourefold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pittie. And Nathan said to Dauid, Thou art the man: […]”
“the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,”
“I used to envy my brother his name, and recall once accusing my mother of having favored him, else why did she name me Nathan and him Philip, tell me that, ma, tell me that. He had king Philip and if day-dreaming that association wasn't pleasure enough, there was the then movie star, Phillips Holmes. All I had was Nathan Hale. Admittedly, Nathan Hale would have been fine — except among our schoolyard ditties was the couplet: Nathan Hale, / Nathan Hale, / He shit in a pail, / Shit in a pail. Being a Nathan was sometimes trying.”
“He was so proud he'd had a son. He talked me into naming him Nathan saying he had always loved that name. I was surprised to see when I looked it up in a name book it meant gift from God. And yes that was a very appropriate name.”
“Near the end of Sasquatch Sunset, the gloriously weird feature from David and Nathan Zellner, Riley Keough wordlessly conveys a slowly creeping moment of profound existential despair that crushes your heart with its bleakness.”
“A Nathan is a stereotype who usually listens to white rappers like Eminem,logic and NF, and hates new rap”
“Nathans are infinitely worse than mumble/trap fans”
“it would be nice if the new fans would go away or at least change who they are completely. i love seeing bladee & company win but these 100 gec ass nathans are like locusts going from one artist's chronically online fanbase to the next. sematary went down quick lol. once fantano reviewed rb3 it was over”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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