Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: benjamin
IPA transcription: [b'ɛndʒəmən]
Pronunciations of benjamin
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Benjamin
    Meaning: (Old Testament) the youngest and best-loved son of Jacob and Rachel and one of the twelve forebears of the tribes of Israel
  • Synonyms: benzoin, gum_benzoin, benjamin, gum_benjamin, asa_dulcis
    Meaning: gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation
Usage examples
  • I shouldn't have begrudged even Benjamin the pull, if he'd got it."
  • Thus a year passed away, and the Princess had a son, whom she called Benjamin.
  • Mr. Benjamin did not speak throughout the interview, but he watched Harry closely.
  • But no more solitary confinement of an evening for Benjamin Flint, as long as you're agreeable."
  • Benjamin Disraeli attained the cynical sublime when he suggested a monument of gratitude to Judas.
  • Mr. Benjamin was too clever for us both, and now he is going to have penal servitude for the rest of his life.
  • With him were Commander David D. Porter, in charge of a mortar flotilla of nineteen schooners and six armed steamships, and General Benjamin F. Butler, at the head of an army contingent of six thousand men, soon to be followed by considerable reinforcements.
  • But the most aggravating feature of the illness was that it developed the week that sister Elitha and Mr. Benjamin W. Wilder were married in Sacramento; and when they reached Sonoma on their wedding tour, we could not visit with them, because neither had had the disease.
  • How glad she was that the Major was not with him. . . . "Benjamin Flint!" she said to herself as, having put her window open, she trod softly (so as not to disturb the slumberer next door) across her room on her fat white feet to her big white bed. "Good night, Major Benjy," she whispered, as she put her light out.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Benjamin Franklin, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Daylight saving time, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Thomas Jefferson, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording History of New Jersey, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Split infinitive, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Ceremonial ship launching, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording John Y. Brown (politician, born 1835), License CC BY-SA 4.0