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JEZEBEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shameless impudent scheming woman
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("jezebel" is a kind of...):
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Wife of Ahab who was king of Israel; according to the Old Testament she was a cruel immoral queen who fostered the worship of Baal and tried to kill Elijah and other prophets of Israel (9th century BC)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
Jewess (a woman who is a Jew)
queen (the wife or widow of a king)
