- Jo|seph's-coat
- Jo|seph's-coat «JOH zuhfs KOHT», noun.an annual plant of the amaranth family having flower clusters and variously colored leaves, growing from two to four feet high.╂[< Joseph (Genesis 37:3)]
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Joseph — Joseph1 in the Old Testament of the Bible, the favourite son of ↑Jacob. Joseph was given a coat of many colours by his father, and this made his brothers ↑jealous of him. They sold him as a slave to some Egyptians, but Joseph later became… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Joseph — Jo•seph [[t]ˈdʒoʊ zəf, səf[/t]] n. 1) bib a son of Jacob and Rachel who was sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. Gen. 30:22–24; 37 2) bib the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Matt. 1:16–25 3) big (Hinmaton yalaktit), c1840–1904, leader … From formal English to slang
