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Paul is a male name.

(noun)

An example of Paul is the famous actor with the last name Newman.

See Paul in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a masculine name: equiv. L. Paulus, It. Paolo, Paulo, Sp. Pablo: fem. Paula, Pauline

Origin: L Paulus (or Gr Paulos), Rom. surname, prob. < paulus, small: akin to paucus, few

(original name Saul) (died 67?); a Jew of Tarsus who became the Apostle of Christianity to the Gentiles: author of several Letters in the New Testament: his day is June 29
also Saint Paul
1754-1801: czar of Russia (1796-1801): son of Catherine II & Peter III
(born Alessandro Farnese) 1468-1549; pope (1534-49)
(born Giovanni Battista Montini) 1897-1978; pope (1963-78)

See Paul in American Heritage Dictionary 4

Apostle to the Gentiles whose life and teachings are set forth in his epistles and the Acts of the Apostles.

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Paulˈine (-īn, -ēn) adjective

, Alice 1885-1977.

American feminist who founded (1916) the National Woman's Party and wrote (1923) the first equal rights amendment to be considered by the U.S. Congress.

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