Meaning of Noel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Acronym of no observed effect level.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
2. A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol.
3. Alternative spelling of Noel.
   alt-of, alternative
4. Christmas.
   dated, literary
5. A male given name from French.
6. A female given name from French.
7. A surname originating as a patronymic.
8. A city in McDonald County, Missouri, United States.
9. A community in East Hants municipality, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Examples

“When Noel came, noisily bursting through the back door with buckets of cleansers and sponges, I introduced myself. "Just call me Noelle," he said of himself. "When I was little they used to call me Noel, Noel, the toilet bowl. Although now I have thought of painting that on the side of my van. It might be good for business? I don't know."”

“Former Harvard professor and communist Noel Ignatiev, who co-founded the New Abolitionist Society and founded a journal called Race Traitor, named after a book he coauthored in the mid-1990s, famously advocated for the complete abolition of the white race […] Note a certain coyness about whether this destruction refers to only a white race category or to all white-skinned people.”

“The first Nowell the Angel did say / Was to three poor Shepherds in the fields as they lay[…]”

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