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nounFrench neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825)
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nounpatron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
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noun(Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites; as a young shepherd he fought Goliath (a giant Philistine warrior) and killed him by hitting him in the head with a stone flung from a sling; he united Israel with Jerusalem as its capital; many of the Psalms are attributed to David (circa 1000-962 BC)
Definition that contains david
- david (Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites; as a young shepherd he fought Goliath (a giant Philistine warrior) and killed him by hitting him in the head with a stone flung from a sling; he united Israel with Jerusalem as its capital; many of the Psalms are attributed to David (circa 1000-962 BC)
- stanley Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904)
- ruth the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament
- solomon (Old Testament) son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom (10th century BC)
- bethlehem a small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River; early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born
- goliath (Old Testament) a giant Philistine warrior who was slain by David with a slingshot
- reid Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796)
- zion originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem
- psalm one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David
- blimp any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)