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abigail

1

[ab-i-geyl]

noun

  1. a lady's maid.



Abigail

2

[ab-i-geyl]

noun

  1. (in the Bible) the wife of Nabal and later of David.

  2. a first name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy of the father.”

Abigail

/ ˈæɪˌɡɪ /

noun

  1. Old Testament the woman who brought provisions to David and his followers and subsequently became his wife (I Samuel 25:1–42)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of abigail1

1645–55; after Abigail, name of attendant in play The Scornful Lady (1610), by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
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Asked about Bass’ comments over the past week, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said ICE agents would not be “deterred from carrying out their mission.”

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"Padilla didn't want answers; he wanted attention," Abigail Jackson, White House spokesperson said.

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Deploying Marines to Los Angeles is not only a dramatic escalation of events, but also potentially illegal, according to Abigail Hall, a defense scholar and senior fellow at the Independent Institute, a nonprofit think tank based in Oakland.

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“The notion that this single office is responsible for preventing terrorism is not only incorrect, it’s ignorant,” spokesperson Abigail Jackson wrote in an email.

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During her trial, Krenwinkel testified that she chased Abigail Folger, heiress to the coffee company, before stabbing her more than two dozen times.

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