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Fig. elevated to a position of honor or reverence. (Alludes to honoring someone on display on a pedestal like a statue. *Typically: place someone ~; put someone ~.) He puts his wife on a pedestal. She can do no wrong in his opinion. I was just doing my job. There is no point in placing me on a pedestal!
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Mehetabel | | mi-HET-ə-bel (English), mee-HET-ə-bel (English) | Biblical |
EkİN | | - | Turkish |
Kitty | | KIT-ee | English |
Newsome | | ['nju:səm] | |
Erdmann | | ERD-mahn | German |
Adrianus | | ah-dree-AH-nus, AH-dree-ah-nus | Dutch |