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Nathanael

American  
[nuh-than-ee-uhl, -than-yuhl] / nəˈθæn i əl, -ˈθæn yəl /

noun

  1. a disciple of Jesus, possibly Bartholomew. John 1:45–51.

Nathanael British  
/ nəˈθænjəl /

noun

  1. New Testament a Galilean who is perhaps to be identified with the apostle Bartholomew (John 1:45–51; 21:1)

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Affable and tall with an owlish face, Goebel found inspiration for “Kill Dick” in the “sunshine noir” of writers like Bret Easton Ellis, Nathanael West and Joan Didion.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Bath hit back through Cam Redpath before Nathanael Hulleu restored the French side's lead.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

Gen. Nathanael Greene of the Continental Army had already spent more than five years fighting for American independence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Those events clearly fired the imaginations of Edward Dahlberg, Nathanael West and Sinclair Lewis.

From Salon • May 17, 2025

In 1621 Nathanael Carpenter published his Philosophia libera, or free philosophy.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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