noel

Noun (1)

noel (plural noels)

1. A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol.
   • The first Nowell the Angel did say / Was to three poor Shepherds in the fields as they lay[…]1833, William Sandys, Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern, page 74

Interjection

noel

1. (archaic) A wish or expression of commemoration of Christmas.
   • And may all my enemies go to hell! / Noël! Noël! Noël! Noël!1911, Hilaire Belloc, The Four Men: A Farrago, page 243

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Noel

Noel

1. (dated, literary) Christmas.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Noel

UK/ˈnəʊ(ə)l/

Noel

1. A male given name from French.
   • When Noel came, noisily bursting through the back door with buckets of cleansers and sponges, I introduced myself. "Just call me Noelle," he said of himself. "When I was little they used to call me Noel, Noel, the toilet bowl. Although now I have thought of painting that on the side of my van. It...2009, Lorrie Moore, A Gate at the Stairs, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 162
   • Former Harvard professor and communist Noel Ignatiev, who co-founded the New Abolitionist Society and founded a journal called Race Traitor, named after a book he coauthored in the mid-1990s, famously advocated for the complete abolition of the white race […] Note a certain coyness about whether...2024 April 11, Wade Miller, “Policy Brief: The Great Replacement in Theory and Practice”, in Center for Renewing America, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2024
2. A female given name from French.
3. A surname originating as a patronymic.
4. A city in McDonald County, Missouri, United States.

   Synonyms:

   Christmas City

5. A community in East Hants municipality, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Noun (2) capitalized: NOEL

NOEL

1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of no observed effect level.