Moses
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈməʊzɪs/, /ˈməʊzɪz/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈmoʊzəz/, /ˈmoʊzəs/
Proper noun
  1. The pharaonic patriarch who led the slaved Hebrews out of Egypt, the brother of Aaron and Miriam described in the Book of Exodus and the Quran.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Exodus 19:20 ↗:
      :
      And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
    • 1952 Singin' in the Rain: Moses supposes (a song):
      Moses supposes his toeses are roses, / But Moses supposes erroneously, / Moses he knowses his toeses aren't roses, / As Moses supposes his toeses to be!
  2. A male given name.
  3. Surname
  4. A dialect of the Columbia-Wenatchi language
  5. (US, African American culture) pseudonym for Harriet Tubman
Synonyms Related terms Translations
  • French: Moïse
  • German: Moses (Catholic), Mose (Protestant)
  • Italian: Mosè
  • Portuguese: Moisés
  • Russian: Моисе́й
  • Spanish: Moisés
Translations Noun

Moses

  1. A large flatboat used in the West Indies for taking freight from shore to ship.
Interjection
  1. An exclamation of shock.



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