ben : Idioms & Phrases
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ben gurion
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noun Israeli statesman (born in Poland) and active Zionist who organized resistance against the British after World War II; prime minister of Israel (1886-1973)
Ben Gurion; David Grun.
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ben hecht
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noun United States writer of stories and plays (1894-1946)
Hecht.
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ben hogan
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noun United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments (1912-1997)
William Benjamin Hogan; Hogan.
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ben jonson
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noun English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637)
Jonson; Benjamin Jonson.
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ben shahn
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noun United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969)
Shahn; Benjamin Shahn.
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ben sira
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noun an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect)
Sirach; Ecclesiasticus; Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach.
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big ben
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noun clock in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, London
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david ben gurion
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noun Israeli statesman (born in Poland) and active Zionist who organized resistance against the British after World War II; prime minister of Israel (1886-1973)
Ben Gurion; David Grun.
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joseph ben matthias
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noun Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100)
Flavius Josephus; Josephus.
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rabbi moses ben maimon
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noun Spanish philosopher considered the greatest Jewish scholar of the Middle Ages who codified Jewish law in the Talmud (1135-1204)
Moses Maimonides; Maimonides.