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joshua

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about joshua at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. (Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land; best remembered for his destruction of Jericho.
  2. A book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses.