A member of the Maccabees (a liberation movement in Israel who established Jewish independence in the Land of Israel in the second and first centuries BC).
Origin
From the Latin Maccabaeus, from the Ancient Greek Μᾰκκᾰβαῖος, from the Ancient Hebrew מַכַּבִּי.
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