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Nim⋅rod

  [nim-rod]
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–noun
1. the great-grandson of Noah: noted as a great hunter. Gen. 10:8–10.
2. (sometimes lowercase) a person expert in or devoted to hunting.
Related forms:
Nim⋅rod⋅i⋅an, Nim⋅rod⋅ic, Nim⋅rod⋅i⋅cal, adjective
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nim·rod   (nĭm'rŏd')   
n.  
  1. also Nimrod A hunter.
  2. Informal A person regarded as silly, foolish, or stupid.

[After Nimrod. Sense 2, probably from the phrase "poor little Nimrod," used by the cartoon character Bugs Bunny to mock the hapless hunter Elmer Fudd.]
Nimrod  
In the Bible, a mighty hunter and king of Shinar who was a grandson of Ham and a great-grandson of Noah.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Nimrod 
"great hunter," 1712, in ref. to the biblical son of Cush, referred to (Gen. x.8-9) as "a mighty hunter before the Lord." It came to mean "geek, klutz" by 1983 in teenager slang, for unknown reasons.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Nimrod

legendary biblical figure, described in Gen. 10:8-12 as "the first on earth to be a mighty man. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord." The only other references to Nimrod in the Old Testament are Mic. 5:6, where Assyria is called the land of Nimrod, and I Chron. 1:10. The beginning of his kingdom is said in Genesis to be Babel, Erech, and Akkad in the land of Shinar. Nimrod is said to have built Nineveh, Calah (modern Nimrud), Rehoboth-Ir, and Resen. There is some consensus among biblical scholars that the mention of Nimrod in Genesis is a reference not to an individual but to an ancient people in Mesopotamia

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