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Hebrew meaning "father of peace."
In the Bible, the third and favorite son of King David, who staged a revolt against his father and was defeated and killed in the ensuing battle.
Pronounced: AB-suh-luhm

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Absalom Baird, Union Army general in the American Civil War.
Absalom Jones, an African-American abolitionist and clergyman. In 1804 he was the first African-American ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church of the United States.

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Absalom, fictional character in "Cry, The Beloved Country" by Alan Paton.
"Absalom, Absalom!," a novel by William Faulkner
Absalom is the name of the Caterpillar in Tim Burton's interpretation of "Alice in Wonderland"