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Noun: Abel  ey-bul
  1. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Abel was killed by Cain
     
  2. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829)
    - Niels Abel, Niels Henrik Abel

Type of: adult male, man, mathematician

Encyclopedia: Abel, Carl Friedrich Abel, Frederick Augustus, Sir Abel, Bishop of Reims Abel Abel, Archbishop of Reims Abel, Rudolf Ivanovich Abel, Thomas Abel, Niels Henrik Abel, King of Denmark Abel, Lord of Langeland