David
n.
male first name; family name; Hebrew shepherd who killed Goliath by a stone and who became second king of Israel (Old Testament); king of North Wales; name of two kings of Scotland; town in Panama
David
David
Noun
1. patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
(synonym) Saint David, St. David
(hypernym) patron saint
2. French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825)
(synonym) Jacques Louis David
(hypernym) painter
3. (Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites; as a young shepherd he fought Goliath (a giant Philistine warrior) and killed him by hitting him in the head with a stone flung from a sling; he united Israel with Jerusalem as its capital; many of the Psalms are attributed to David (circa 1000-962 BC)
(hypernym) king, male monarch
(classification) Old Testament
David
n.
David, male first name; King David, (died c.962 BC), second king of Judah and Israel; hotel in Jerusalem
David
n.
David, male first name; Hebrew shepherd who killed Goliath by a stone and who became second king of Israel (Old Testament); name of two kings of Scotland; town in Panama; king of North Wales