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What does Holofernes mean?

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Proper noun
  1. a character in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith, an invading general of Nebuchadnezzar
Name
  1. A male given name of Old English origin.
    1. (meaning, history) From Shakespeare's play Love's Labour's Lost.
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In a sense, her act was one of heroism like that of Judith in the tent of Holofernes.
Holofernes buckled on his fire-spurs, and flew after the fugitives.
Featuring David Horovitch as Holofernes, John Hodgkinson as Don Armado and Sam Alexander as the King of Navarre.
As Holofernes was often drunk, Judith anticipated that he would attempt to seduce her.
Holofernes adopts the archetypal monstrous image, further pulling any convictions of wrongdoing away from Judith.
When the unsuspecting Holofernes fell into a drunken slumber, Judith severed his head with a sword.

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