Benjamins
benzoin1 (def 2).
the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel, and the brother of Joseph. Gen. 35:18.
one of the 12 tribes of ancient Israel traditionally descended from him.
Asher, 1773–1845, U.S. architect and writer.
Judah Philip, 1811–84, Confederate statesman.
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “son of the right.”.
Contemporary Examples
All About the Benjamins: Here’s the Redesigned $100 Bill Daniel Gross October 6, 2013
Historical Examples
The Cricket Marjorie Cooke
The Cricket Marjorie Cooke
The Cricket Marjorie Cooke
The Cricket Marjorie Cooke
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume II (of 2) Hazard Stevens
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume II (of 2) Hazard Stevens
The Cricket Marjorie Cooke
Robert Falconer George MacDonald
The Cricket Marjorie Cooke
plural noun (US, slang)
hundred-dollar bills
money
noun
another name for benzoin (sense 1)
benjamin bush, another name for spicebush
noun
(Old Testament)
the youngest and best-loved son of Jacob and Rachel (Genesis 35:16–18; 42:4)
the tribe descended from this patriarch
the territory of this tribe, northwest of the Dead Sea
(archaic) a youngest and favourite son
noun
Arthur. 1893–1960, Australian composer. In addition to Jamaican Rumba (1938), he wrote five operas and a harmonica concerto (1953)
(German) (ˈbɛnɪamin). Walter (ˈvaltər). 1892–1940, German critic and cultural theorist
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