Judas
['dʒuːdəs]
Definition
(noun.) a one-way peephole in a door.
(noun.) someone who betrays under the guise of friendship.
(noun.) (New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver.
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Definition
(n.) The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship.
(a.) Treacherous; betraying.
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Definition
n. a traitor: an opening in a jail-door &c.—adj. Ju′das-col′oured red of hair—Judas traditionally being red-haired.—ns. Ju′das-hole a small hole in a door for watching; Ju′das-kiss any act of treachery under the guise of kindness (Matt. xxvi. 48 49); Ju′das-tree a tree with rose-coloured flowers that appear before the leaves—Judas having hanged himself on one.
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Examples
- You would have sold me, you Judas! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- There he went, ossing to promise aught, and pledge himsel' to aught--to tell a' he know'd on our proceedings, the good-for-nothing Judas! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- She would no more have believed me than she would have believed the ghost of Judas, had he broken from the night and stood before her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But he who sold his birthright for a mess of pottage existed, and Judas Iscariot existed, and Castlereagh existed, and this man exists! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Paul lay three days, blind, in the house of Judas, and during that time he neither ate nor drank. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And then Peter is described as argumenting in a threatening and angrily condition at Judas Iscariot. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Don't talk of Judas nor nothing of that. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I make this explanation in justice to Judas, who was a far different sort of man from the person just referred to. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We were on our way to the reputed houses of Judas and Ananias. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Thy predecessor the famous Judas Iscariot hanged himself, Pilar said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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