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Rachel1 definition

Ra·chel (rā′chəl)

noun

  1. a feminine name: dim. Rae
  2. Bible the younger of the two wives of Jacob, and mother of Joseph and Benjamin: Gen. 29-35

Etymology: LL(Ec) < Gr(Ec) Rhachēl < Heb rachel, lit., ewe

Rachel2 definition

Ra·chel (rȧ s̸hel′)

(born Élisa Félix) 1820?-58; Fr. actress, born in Switzerland

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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