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joseph   (TTS Sound)

The noun joseph has 3 senses

• Joseph, Chief Joseph -- (leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904))


• Joseph -- ((Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel; Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt)


• Joseph -- ((New Testament) husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus)