“feller, hewer, mighty warrior”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Gedeón is a masculine given name.
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Gédéon— “destroyer”
Gideon (a feller or destroyer) seems by his martial exploits to have obtained some admirers among the Huguenots of the civil wars of France, for Gédéon was in some small use among them.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part I, Chapter III (Israelite Names), Section IV (Joshua, &c) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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