Definition: Meaning of, Noah in English to English dictionary.
Pronunciation:/ ˈnəʊə /
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in the Old Testament of the Bible, a man chosen by God to build an ARK (= a large boat) so that he could save his family and two of every kind of animal that lived on the Earth from the terrible FLOOD which covered the Earth
Biblical the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings
Biblical the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings
(1758-1843) a US lexicographer (= someone who writes dictionaries) who produced his famous American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828. His name is used for a series of dictionaries called Webster's dictionaries, which are the best-known English dictionaries produced in the US.