Definition of "Sampson"

Sampson

/ˈsæmpsən/

proper noun
1. Samson (semi-legendary Biblical judge).
  Quotations
  And Sampson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.
  1844, Lancelot C. L. Brenton, The Septuagint version of the Old Testament, Judges 16, i
  She agreed and then went to Sampson, asking for the secret of his great strength.
  2007, Travis Mashburn, Living Christianity, Xulon Press (publ.), page 82.
  And Sampson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, one in his right hand and the other in his left.
  2016, William E. Blanchard, Preparing You for the Return of Jesus, RoseDog Books (publ.), page 21.
2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
3. A surname.
4. A place in the United States:
  1. An unincorporated community in Webster County, Missouri.
  2. A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
  3. An unincorporated community in Oconto County, Wisconsin