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jehu
/ˈd͡ʒi.hju/
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What does jehu mean?
noun
- Alternative form of jehu.
proper noun
- A king of Israel in the 9th century B.C.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- A surname.
noun
- (dated) A coachman; a driver; especially, one who drives furiously.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒi.hju/
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Of course she impressed as usual upon the Jehu that he was not to beat his horse.
But asleep or awake, the driver drove like a son of Jehu.
More book examples (3)
In a previous chapter we referred to him as a Jehu.
And then, like Jehu, they marched on furiously, with their old and with their young: some carried their old decrepit mothers, some carried one, and some another.
Instead of moving on as old De Kalb had done, with a prudent regard to the health and refreshment of the troops, he, Jehu like, drove them on without regard to either.