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Aaron
- noun - (Old Testament) elder brother of Moses and first high priest of the Israelites; created the golden calf
- United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934)
Bacon
- noun - back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
- English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)
- English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
- Roger Bacon, c. 1219/20 – c. 1292), also known by the scholastic accolade Doctor Mirabilis, was a medieval English philosopher and Franciscan friar.
Baron
- noun - a British peer of the lowest rank
- a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
- a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron"
- Cut of beef comprising a double sirloin joined at the backbone.
Baton
- noun - a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race
- a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette
- a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority
- a short stout club used primarily by policemen
- a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
Canon
- noun - a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired
- a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church
- a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts
- a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter
- a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
- a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy; "the neoclassical canon"; "canons of polite society"
Capon
- noun - castrated male chicken
- flesh of a castrated male chicken
Dagon
- noun - god of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines
Damon
- noun - the friend of Phintias who pledged his life that Phintias would return (4th century BC)