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Noel

[ noh-el for 1, 2; noh-uh l, nohl for 3 ]

/ noʊˈɛl for 1, 2; ˈnoʊ əl, noʊl for 3 /

noun

the Christmas season; yuletide.

(lowercase) a Christmas song or carol.

a male given name.

Origin of Noel

1805–15; < French ≪ Latin nātālis ( diēs) birthday; see natal

Example sentences from the Web for noel

Noel Canning comes out of the dysfunction surrounding appointments to the five-member NLRB.

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Grossman recruited Noel Stookey instead, who henceforth went by his middle name Paul.

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But the real reason for the outcry to the joke was contained in the article written by Noel Sheppard of Newsbusters.

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In the early 2000s, Dutschke joined a Tupelo studio called Kinetic Kick owned by Noel McMichael.

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The rest is filler, which means you have to listen to “The First Noel” and “The Christmas Song” a lot more than you might like.

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They did not speak of Noel as a rule, but one evening she expressed her views roundly.

Saint's Progress |John Galsworthy
That startling consideration terrified Noel Vanstone into instant submission.

No Name |Wilkie Collins
The entrance of the maid with the tea-tray interrupted this amorous duet, of which Noel had experienced more than one repetition.

The Widow Lerouge |Emile Gaboriau
Noel had got brown-paper boots too, and a Turkish towel cloak.

The Wouldbegoods |E. Nesbit
Noel would go in, and we saw where Gordon was buried—at least the monument.

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British Dictionary definitions for noel

Noel

Nol

/ (nəʊˈɛl) /

noun

(esp in carols) another word for Christmas

(often not capital) rare a Christmas carol

Word Origin for Noel

C19: from French, from Latin nātālis a birthday; see natal 1