Joseph

(zəf, -səf)

noun

  1. a masculine name: dim. Joe, Joey; equiv. L. Josephus, It. Giuseppe, Sp. José; fem. Josepha, Josephine
  2. Bible
    1. Jacob's eleventh son, whose mother was Rachel: Joseph was sold into slavery in Egypt by his jealous brothers but became a high official there: Gen. 30:22-24; 37; 45
    2. the husband of Mary, mother of Jesus: Matt. 1:18-25: his day is March 19
      also called Saint Joseph
  3. Origin: in allusion to Joseph's coat: Gen. 37:3

    a woman's long riding coat, with a cape, worn in the 18th cent.

Origin: LL(Ec) < Gr(Ec) Iōsēph < Heb yōsēph, lit., may he add: see Gen. 30:24

1840?-1904; Nez Percé Indian chief

See Joseph in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A long riding coat with a small cape, worn by women in the 18th century.

Origin:

Origin: After Joseph, who left an outer garment in the hands of Potiphar's wife when he fled her attempt to seduce him (Genesis 39:12)

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In the Bible, the older son of Jacob and Rachel and the forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.

Nez Percé leader who conducted a skillful but unsuccessful retreat from U.S. forces (1877).

, Saint fl. first century A.D.

In the New Testament, the husband of Mary, mother of Jesus.

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