Dev and David
(n.) Alternative of Deva.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
noun
- Patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600.
- synonyms: Saint David, St. David
- French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825.
- synonyms: Jacques Louis David
- 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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