goel

See also: Goel and göl

English

Etymology 1

Compare yellow.

Adjective

goel (comparative more goel, superlative most goel)

  1. (obsolete) yellow
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for goel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hebrew [Term?] (“redeemer”)

Noun

goel (plural goels or goelim)

  1. (historical, biblical) A person who, as the nearest relative of another, has certain obligations toward them, such as having to free them from slavery, to repurchase their property if sold through poverty, and to avenge their murder.

Anagrams

Welsh

Noun

goel

  1. Soft mutation of coel.
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