Nimrod

6 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Nimrod
       n : (Old Testament) a famous hunter

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "Nimrod":


     archer, artilleryman, beater, big game hunter, bowman, cannoneer,
     carabineer, courser, crack shot, dead shot, deadeye, good shot,
     gun, gunman, gunner, hunter, huntress, huntsman, jacker,
     jacklighter, marksman, markswoman, musketeer, rifleman,
     sharpshooter, shikari, shooter, shot, sniper, sportsman,
     sportswoman, stalker, targetshooter, toxophilite, trapper,
     trapshooter, white hunter
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Nimrod
     firm, a descendant of Cush, the son of Ham. He was the first who
     claimed to be a "mighty one in the earth." Babel was the
     beginning of his kingdom, which he gradually enlarged (Gen.
     10:8-10). The "land of Nimrod" (Micah 5:6) is a designation of
     Assyria or of Shinar, which is a part of it.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Nimrod, rebellion (but probably an unknown Assyrian word)
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Nimrod, MN (city, FIPS 46294)
    Location: 46.63778 N, 94.88099 W
    Population (1990): 65 (43 housing units)
    Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Nimrod, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
     Population (2000):    75
     Housing Units (2000): 47
     Land area (2000):     0.929036 sq. miles (2.406191 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.053374 sq. miles (0.138238 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.982410 sq. miles (2.544429 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            46294
     Located within:       Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
     Location:             46.636776 N, 94.878404 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Nimrod, MN
      Nimrod