Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who betrays another under the guise of friendship.
- n. A one-way peephole in a door.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A treacherous person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship.
- n. [lowercase] In some old houses, a lattice with small openings in a door, through which those inside could look without, being seen: designed to prevent the admission of objectionable persons.
- n. Hence In a prison, a small opening in the door or wall of a cell to enable the guards to watch the prisoners; a judas-hole.
Wiktionary
- n. biblical One of the twelve original Apostles of Jesus, known for his role in Jesus' betrayal into the hands of Roman authorities. Also called Judas Iscariot.
- n. A male given name.
- n. A traitor, a person not to be trusted.
- n. A small hole in a door through which a person can look without being seen from the other side; used especially in prisons; a judas-hole
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The disciple who betrayed Christ. A treacherous person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone who betrays under the guise of friendship
- n. (New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver
- n. a one-way peephole in a door
- n. (New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek Ἰούδας (Ioudas), from Hebrew יהודה. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Late Latin Iūdas, Judas Iscariot, from Greek Ioudas, from Hebrew yəhûdâ, Judah. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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“Melkonyants, the organization's deputy director, said he was worried that the group's 3,000 monitors would be excluded from polling stations, and that they might even be in danger, after Mr. Putin's use of the word "Judas.”
“Now I think "Judas" is a generous way of defining him.”
“Judas is always some kind of friend of some freedom fighter named Barabbas, you know what I mean?”
“Although Judas double-crossed his best friend for a paltry sum, some scholars argue that Judas is the secret hero of Christianity.”
“Judas is impressed by it, closes the box and soon forgets about it.”
“Judas is a dark journey through the murderousness of Christian Anti-Semitism, culminating in the mass slaughter of more than a and their associated European butchers.”
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