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{ "etymology_text": "England from 17th century, from Jehu. The Bible says of Jehu (son of Nimshi) that \"he driveth furiously\" (2 Kings 9:20). He was commander of chariots for the king of Israel before later leading a revolt and becoming king himself.", "forms": [ { "form": "jehus", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "jehu (plural jehus)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Entries with translation boxes", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 4 entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Finnish translations", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Georgian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1850s, Cuthbert M. Bede, The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green:", "text": "Among those who seemed disposed to join in this opinion was the Jehu of the Warwickshire coach, who expressed his conviction to our hero, that \"he wos a young gent as had much himproved hisself since he tooled him up to the Warsity with his guvnor.\"", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A coachman; a driver; especially, one who drives furiously." ], "id": "en-jehu-en-noun-GcjZDQhp", "links": [ [ "coachman", "coachman" ], [ "driver", "driver" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(colloquial, dated) A coachman; a driver; especially, one who drives furiously." ], "tags": [ "colloquial", "dated" ], "translations": [ { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "colloquial term for driver", "word": "suhari" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "mʒɣoli", "sense": "colloquial term for driver", "word": "მძღოლი" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "meeṭle", "sense": "colloquial term for driver", "word": "მეეტლე" } ], "wikipedia": [ "Nimshi" ] } ], "word": "jehu" }
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