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Joseph   /dʒˈoʊsəf/  /dʒˈoʊzəf/   Listen
Joseph

noun
1.
Leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904).  Synonym: Chief Joseph.
2.
(Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel; Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt.
3.
(New Testament) husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus.



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"Joseph" Quotes from Famous Books



... are hereby authorized to join together in marriage Joseph A. Hamilton and Francillia L. Bean, and this shall be your ...
— Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive • Alf Burnett

... for such nobility, who esteemed it as a great favor. Then when the king was rested, or reassured from his fears, they began their discourses or bicharas, talking, after the manner of these people, by the medium of interpreters—namely, Father Juan de Sant Joseph, an Augustinian Recollect, and Alferez Mathias de Marmolejo, both good interpreters. The governor set forth his conditions. The agreement made was: first, that the banners of the king our sovereign were to be hoisted on the stronghold; second, ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 (Vol 28 of 55) • Various

... not at the place where they were to meet him. This was the mouth of the St. Joseph River, which La Salle named the Miamis. The men did not want to wait, for they were afraid of starving if they reached the Illinois country after the Indians had scattered to winter hunting grounds. But La Salle would not go on until Tonty appeared. He put the men to work building a timber ...
— Heroes of the Middle West - The French • Mary Hartwell Catherwood

... discovery that his insurance policy did not cover "loss by lightning." To this day, the older inhabitants of Windomville will tell you about the way his widow "took on" until she couldn't stand it any longer,—and then married George Hooper, the butcher, four months after the shocking demise of Joseph. ...
— Quill's Window • George Barr McCutcheon

... the white settlers as "the big Indian." He loved a white girl of the neighborhood, one Gertrude Molyneux, and had asked for her hand; but while she was willing, the objections of her family were too strong to be overcome, and she was teased into marriage with Joseph Bundy, of her own race, instead. She liked the Indian all the better after that, however, because Bundy proved to be a bad fellow, and believing that she could be happier among barbarians than among a people that ...
— Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete • Charles M. Skinner


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