moses Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus; Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai
  2. noun United States painter of colorful and primitive rural scenes (1860-1961)
    Grandma Moses; Anna Mary Robertson Moses.

WordNet


Mo"ses noun
Definitions
  1. A large flatboat, used in the West Indies for taking freight from shore to ship.

Webster 1913