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Maccabee

//ˈmæ.kəˌbi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the Maccabees (a liberation movement in Israel who established Jewish independence in the Land of Israel in the second and first centuries BCE).

Etymology

From the Latin Maccabaeus, from the Ancient Greek Μᾰκκᾰβαῖος (Măkkăbaîos), from the Biblical Hebrew מַכַּבִּי (makkabbī).

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