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Gide, André

Gide, André |ZHēd ʒid | (1869 –1951 ), French novelist, essayist, and critic; regarded as the father of modern French literature; full name André Paul Guillaume Gide. His notable works include The Immoralist (1902 ), Strait Is the Gate (1909 ), The Counterfeiters (1927 ), and Journal (1939 –50 ). Nobel Prize for Literature (1947 ).

 

Gideon

Gid e on |ˈgidēən ˈɡɪdiən | 1 (in the Bible ) an Israelite leader, described in Judges 6:11. 2 a member of Gideons International.

 

Gideon Bible

Gid ¦eon Bible |ɡɪdiənˈbʌɪbl | noun a bible placed in a hotel room or hospital ward by Gideons International with the aim of spreading the Christian faith.

 

Gideons International

Gid e ons In ter na tion al an international Christian organization of business and professional people, founded in 1899 in the US with the aim of spreading the Christian faith by placing bibles in hotel rooms and hospital wards.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Gide, André

Gide, André |ʒiːd | (1869 –1951 ), French novelist, essayist, and critic, regarded as the father of modern French literature; full name André Paul Guillaume Gide. Notable works: The Immoralist (1902 ), La Porte étroite (1909, Strait is the Gate ), The Counterfeiters (1927 ), and his Journal (1939 –50 ). Nobel Prize for Literature (1947 ).

 

Gideon

Gideon |ˈgɪdɪən | 1 (in the Bible ) an Israelite leader, described in Judges 6:11 ff. 2 a member of Gideons International.

 

Gideon Bible

Gid ¦eon Bible |ɡɪdiənˈbʌɪbl | noun a bible placed in a hotel room or hospital ward by Gideons International with the aim of spreading the Christian faith.

 

Gideons International

Gid |eons International an international Christian organization of business and professional people, founded in 1899 in the US.

 

Duden Dictionary

Gide

Gide Eigenname |ʒiːd |französischer Schriftsteller

 

Gideon

Gi de on Eigenname |G i deon |männlicher Vorname