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daniel

/ˈdænjəl/

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What does daniel mean?

noun

  1. (slang) The buttocks.
  2. A wise judge, like the biblical Daniel who ingeniously saved a woman from false accusations of adultery.

proper noun

  1. A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.
More meanings (9)

proper noun

  1. The prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.
  2. A male given name from Hebrew in regular use since the Middle Ages.
  3. A British surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Daniels.
  4. A French surname originating as a patronymic.
  5. A Portuguese surname originating as a patronymic.
  6. A surname from Irish, a rare adopted anglicization of Ó Domhnaill (“O'Donnell”), from Ó (“descendant”) + Domhnaill (“of Domhnall”).
  7. A village in central Poland.
  8. A town in Wasatch County, Utah, United States.
  9. A census-designated place in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈdænjəl/

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So soon as I had completed my sketches I wrote to Daniel Grant and informed him of the result of my journey.
James NasmythJames Nasmyth, Engineer: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #476
Nicholas knew that this Daniel, disdainful of everybody and who considered himself above them, was all the same his serf and huntsman.
Leo, graf TolstoyWar and PeaceTranslated by Aylmer Maude; Louise MaudeProject Gutenberg ebook #2600
More book examples (3)
They put it into a bed and rubbed it, and Daniel went to the town for an apothecary, but life was quite gone.
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheusProject Gutenberg ebook #84
In Mas’ Daniel I had a friend at court, from whom I learned many things which my eager curiosity was excited to know.
Frederick DouglassMy Bondage and My FreedomProject Gutenberg ebook #202
His devotion to the main features of the older interpretation was seen at its strongest in his utterances regarding the book of Daniel.
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505