JUDAS MACCABAEUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Jewish leader of a revolt in Judea that recovered Jerusalem around 166 BC; hero of the Apocryphal books I Maccabees and II Maccabees (?-161 BC)

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

leader (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)

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