NEBUCHADNEZZAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nebuchadnezzar mean? 

• NEBUCHADNEZZAR (noun)
  The noun NEBUCHADNEZZAR has 2 senses:

1. (Old Testament) king of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630?-562 BC)

2. a very large wine bottle holding the equivalent of 20 normal bottles of wine; used especially for display

  Familiarity information: NEBUCHADNEZZAR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEBUCHADNEZZAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Old Testament) king of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630?-562 BC)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Nebuchadnezzar; Nebuchadnezzar II; Nebuchadrezzar; Nebuchadrezzar II

Instance hypernyms:

king; male monarch; Rex (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)

Domain category:

Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A very large wine bottle holding the equivalent of 20 normal bottles of wine; used especially for display

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("nebuchadnezzar" is a kind of...):

wine bottle (a bottle for holding wine)

 Context examples 

You have a 'faux air' of Nebuchadnezzar in the fields about you, that is certain: your hair reminds me of eagles' feathers; whether your nails are grown like birds' claws or not, I have not yet noticed.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)