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Definition of Daniel

1. Noun. (Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC).

2. Noun. A wise and upright judge. "A Daniel come to judgment"

3. Noun. An Old Testament book that tells of the apocalyptic visions and the experiences of Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar.

Definition of Daniel

1. n. A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge.

Definition of Daniel

1. Proper noun. The book in the Old Testament of the Bible. ¹

2. Proper noun. (biblical character) The prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel. ¹

3. Proper noun. (Hebrew male given name) in regular use since the Middle Ages and recently quite popular. ¹

4. Proper noun. (qualifier rare) (Hebrew female given name). ¹

5. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹

6. Proper noun. A location in the state of Wyoming in the United States (Zip Code: 83115). (From the U.S. Census Bureau 1990) ¹

7. Noun. (US slang) The buttocks. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Daniel

Dando Dandy-Walker syndrome Dandy operation Dane Dane's stain Danegeld Danegelt Danelaw Danes Danforth's sign

Dangaleat Dangla Danglebahn Dangme Dani Daniel (current term) Daniel Bernoulli Daniel Boone Daniel Chester French Daniel Defoe

Daniel Garrison Brinton Daniel Hudson Burnham Daniel Jones Daniel Morgan Daniel Ortega Daniel Ortega Saavedra Daniel Rutherford Daniel Webster Daniel come to judgement Daniela

Literary usage of Daniel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1918)
"Personal Memorials of Daniel Webster. Philadelphia, 1851. ... Daniel Webster, sa vie et ses oeuvres. Aperc.u de 1'histoire dcs Etats-Unis. Paris, 1858. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1908)
"As they had anticipated, Daniel nevertheless prayed, three times a day, at his open window, towards Jerusalem. This they reported to the king, ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, John Leycester Adolphus (1839)
"admissible to ing the land William Daniel, after disposing by the will of certain with an an- lands in Essex, devised to the trustees the residue of he ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1879)
"Daniel MA CL ISE. D ANIEL MACLISE, the painter of the two greatest national pictures of which England can boast, was an Irishman by birth, but Scotch as ..."

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