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Gideon

[ gid-ee-uhn ]

noun

  1. Also called Jerubbaal. (in the Bible) a judge of ancient Israel and conqueror of the Midianites.
  2. a member of the Gideons International, a society founded in 1899 to place Bibles in hotel rooms.
  3. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “great destroyer.”


Gideon

/ ˈɡɪɪə /

noun

  1. Old Testament a Hebrew judge who led the Israelites to victory over their Midianite oppressors (Judges 6:11–8:35)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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After penning the pilot script themselves, Sherman-Palladino and Palladino assembled a six-person writers’ room that included former dancer Daisy Long and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” actor Gideon Glick.

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Gideon Ponte, who was the production designer, said, "It's really kind of early '90s."

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The person I had more theoretical conversations with was Gideon because we're such good friends, but also because I am also obsessed with production design, and he reminded me recently that what I told him about Bateman's apartment was, "It's where extremely straight and extremely gay meet in the middle."

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I remember Gideon, actually, we were shooting in another part of the set, and he asked me to come in and look, and he says, "You may think this is too on the nose. Just preparing you. I just want you to look at it and see if you think it works."

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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said Huckabee's appointment would "strengthen the unbreakable bond between our nations", following a phone call between the two.

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