1. Holofernes - Noun
2. Holofernes - Proper noun
(Apocrypha) the Assyrian general who was decapitated by the biblical heroine Judith
Source: WordNetA painting, tentatively dated between 1600 and 1610, and believed by some experts to be Caravaggio's second version of Judith Beheading Holofernes was discovered in an attic in Toulouse in 2014. Source: Internet
She met Holofernes, who was smitten by her beauty. Source: Internet
In the exhibit Broca employs glass mosaic to depict scenes related to accounts of Judith’s beheading of the Assyrian general Holofernes, a story found in the apocryphal Book of Judith, probably written about 150 BCE. Source: Internet
Kathy Griffin's career was sent into witness protection for a while because she in an over-the-top photo holding a severed Trump head (like he's a common Holofernes). Source: Internet
Some also have a custom to eat dairy products to remember Judith and how she overcame Holofernes by feeding him cheese, which made him thirsty, and giving him wine to drink. Source: Internet
Peter Schmitz gave us a fine Holofernes, keeping just on the clever side of caricature. Source: Internet