Antonyms for
paul
A male given name from Latin of biblical origin.
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All Definitions for Paul

Below are all the dictionary definitions of paul:

1A male given name from Latin of biblical origin.
2In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles.
3A surname originating as a patronymic.
4An unincorporated community in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States, named after Paul the Apostle.
5A city in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States.
6An unincorporated community in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States.
7A village south of Newlyn in Penzance parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4627). The civil parish of Paul (abolished 2021) did not include the village in latter years, and is now included in St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul.
8A municipality on Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
9A place name:
10An old Italian silver coin
11A paolo.
12A small tent of various kinds.
13Archaic form of pawl (“mechanical device”). [A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.]

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