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/kən ˈvɛn ʃə nəl /
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joseph
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joseph
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leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)
joseph meaning(s)
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- (n) leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)
- (n) (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
- (n) (New Testament) husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus
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joseph alois schumpeter
United States economist (born in Czechoslovakia) (1883-1950)
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joseph banks rhine
United States parapsychologist (1895-1980)
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joseph ben matthias
Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans…
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joseph black
British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts…
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joseph campbell
United States mythologist (1904-1987)
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joseph conrad
English novelist (born in Poland) noted for sea stories and for his narrative…
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joseph deems taylor
United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)
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joseph eggleston johnston
Confederate general in the American Civil War; led the…
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joseph emerson worcester
United States lexicographer who was accused of plagiarism…
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joseph francis keaton
United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for…
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joseph goebbels
German propaganda minister in Nazi Germany who persecuted the Jews…
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joseph greenberg
United States linguist who studied the historical relations among…
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joseph haydn
prolific Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony…
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joseph heller
United States novelist whose best known work was a black comedy inspired…
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joseph henry
United States physicist who studied electromagnetic phenomena (1791-1878)
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joseph hilaire peter belloc
English author (born in France) remembered especially…
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joseph hooker
United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville…
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joseph jacques cesaire joffre
French field marshal who commanded the Allied…
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joseph joachim
Hungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907)
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joseph john thomson
English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity…
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joseph lincoln steffens
United States journalist whose exposes in 1906 started…
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joseph lister
English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912)
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joseph louis barrow
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion…