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plural Deborahs
A judge of Israel; a nurse of Rebecca. quotations examples
And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Judges 4:4
A female given name from Hebrew, popular from the 1940s to the 1970s, first in the USA, then in the UK. quotations examples
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!
1851, James Brayshay, The Protector of Houghall, Or the Lily and the Rose, Groombridge and Sons, act I
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.
1995, Carl Hiaasen, Stormy Weather, Alfred A.Knopf,Inc., page 256