Deborah
nom propreattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈdɛb(ə)ɹə//
A judge of Israel.
nom propre
- 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
Étymologie
From Hebrew דְּבוֹרָה (dvorá), meaning bee.
Formes
- pluriel
- Deborahs