Ahab
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- proper noun
- /ˈeɪhæb/
- In one monologue, Ahab challenges Moby Dick in Shakespearean style.
- Captain Ahab
- Ahab pursues Moby
- Ahab and Starbuck
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Watch on YouTubeAnd it was the battle between Ahab with his wooden peg leg and the white whale.
- And it was the battle between Ahab with his wooden peg leg and the white whale.
- Why do we have rules then, You know, but with the with, with Ahab, you have a character who's willing to put all of his men's life at risk.
Examples
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Herman Melville knew this, and his ungodly, wicked, but tragic Captain Ahab is surely the most rhetorically capable figure in American literature.
Academic text (1997) -
Yes, I have, Captain Ahab.
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And you think Ahab is responsible?
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But to hunt together with Ahab ... you must answer to God.
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-Back in the old day, we used to call you Captain Ahab.
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And I exist only to tell the story of Ahab, who fought the black whale.
Fiction book (1991) -
And it was the battle between Ahab with his wooden peg leg and the white whale.
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You probably have all read that and Captain Ahab was hunting for a sperm whale.
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In the course of the book, the pirate Ahab encounters many hardships.
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The lifelike mural in the school's library shows Captain Ahab's final battle with the aging, barnacle-covered white whale.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ahab comes from ancient Hebrew and is probably made from ach 'brother' and av 'father'. So Ahab is a man's name that often reminds people of the biblical king or of Captain Ahab in Moby-Dick, which is why it brings those famous stories to mind.