Deborah

proper nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈdɛb(ə)ɹə//

A judge of Israel.

proper noun

1
A judge of Israel.
And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
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.
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

Etymology

From Hebrew דְּבוֹרָה (dvorá), meaning bee.

Forms

plural: Deborahs

debate · To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in…debating · The act of taking part in a debate.Debbie · A diminutive of the female given name Deborah.

Deborah · A judge of Israel.

Debra · A female given name from Hebrew popular in the 1950s and the…debrief · To question someone after a military mission in order to…debris · Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.

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