dictionary definitions for "david"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  David
      n 1: patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600) [syn: David, {Saint
           David}, St. David]
      2: French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French
         Revolution (1748-1825) [syn: David, Jacques Louis David]
      3: (Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites; as a young
         shepherd he fought Goliath (a giant Philistine warrior) and
         killed him by hitting him in the head with a stone flung from
         a sling; he united Israel with Jerusalem as its capital; many
         of the Psalms are attributed to David (circa 1000-962 BC)


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