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Mordecai

Mordecai

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A family name used by people, often from Jewish families
  • proper noun
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  • Samuel Mordecai gestured for him to sit down, but he pretended not to see it.
  • Mordecai Sheftall
  • Mordecai Kaplan

Examples

  • Surely by now the FBI knew that Mordecai was no negotiator.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • - How do you know that? - I know because my name is Mordecai Midler.

    This Must Be the Place (2011)

  • Oh, we're here to see, uh, Mordecai.

    First Sunday (2008)

  • We need to talk to Mordecai.

    First Sunday (2008)

  • There's plenty for Mordecai, too.

    Tennessee Johnson (1942)

  • "Richard," she interrupted, "Mordecai's not someone you have a relationship with."

    Fiction book (1995)

  • But the calm hadn't lasted long because, when the lights came back on, Samuel Mordecai had arrived.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • All of them sat perfectly still as they watched Samuel Mordecai pacing the aisle.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Its founder, Mordecai Kaplan, still living at the time, was hoping to revitalize that religious tradition worldwide.

    Academic text (2015)

  • We need to speak with Mordecai about the upcoming case.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Mordecai as a family name comes from the old Hebrew personal name and likely links to the Babylonian god Marduk, so it may have originally meant 'servant of Marduk'. That's why some families, often of Jewish heritage, use Mordecai as a last name.