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Ferdinand

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1. Ferdinand - Noun

2. Ferdinand - Proper noun

Meaning

the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella; his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as one country; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1452-1516)

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I didn't know how many people knew who Ferdinand was. Elliott Smith

Football is the most important thing in my life, but I do have a life outside football and this is one part. The TV, the music, the fashion - it all goes to make up Rio Ferdinand. Rio Ferdinand

Ferdinand had foresight and unbelievable luck. His success actually bordered on fiction. Imelda Marcos

Sometimes I'm kind of spacey. I'm like Ferdinand the bull, sniffing the daisy, not aware of time, of what's going on in the real world. Richard Gere

I had thought the transformation surprising enough when King Ferdinand was turned into a saint, but this tops all! James Branch Cabell

If Rio Ferdinand is worth £120,000 a week, Cannavaro is worth a hundred million a day. Fabio Cannavaro

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