rachel

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1. uncountableA light tan colour, chiefly with reference to cosmetic powder.First known use 19th c.

   Her dark skin was creamed a thick pale olive matt and thickly powdered with a pale rachel powder […].

   1973, Christina Stead, The Little Hotel, Text Classics, published 2016, page 121

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   This powder is the finest face powder extant […] In three shades—white, pink, and rachel (for brunettes).

   1880 March 19, The Times

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1. biblicalYounger daughter of Laban, sister to Leah, and second wife of Jacob.

   And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 29:16–18

2. A female given name from Hebrew.

   Rachel is another modest, nun-like name, of the same order as Judith, and has the appropriate signification of a lamb.

   1849 The Massachusetts Teacher, Massachusetts Teachers' Association, Vol. 2,page 26, January 1849

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   She keeps saying, You are mistaken Rachel. She says my name in that heavy earnest way. The Jewish Ra-chel. I like my name like that. I have always been pleased when people said Ra-chel. But when she says it, it is as if she was taking me over. Through my name.

   1979, Doris Lessing, Shikasta, Knopf, published 1979, →ISBN, page 293

   I recognize that a name like Rachel goes against my whole "ordering a different dish from everyone else at the table" rule, but sometimes you really want a steak, and that's exactly what you should get. I love the name we gave our daughter. It's not dorky, not too whimsical, and not too stuck-up. To us it sounded sweet, sporty, smart, and beautiful. It also works well with Sachs.

   2010, Rob Sachs, What Would Rob Do?, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN

   When Larissa Santos opened her front door and saw Rachel Bush for the first time, she was immediately flooded with emotions.

   2023 August 18, Francesca Street, “Her flight was canceled. Then she ended up on the doorstep of her future wife”, in CNN, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2024

3. A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States; named for the first baby born in the town.
4. A census-designated place in Marion County, West Virginia, United States; named for the daughter of a local mine owner.

plural Rachels · alternative Rachael · alternative Rachelle · alternative Rach

1. Synonym of Rachel sandwich.

   Synonyms: Rachel sandwich