Hypertext Webster Gateway: "birthday"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Birth-day
The observance of birth-days was common in early times (Job 1:4,
13, 18). They were specially celebrated in the land of Egypt
(Gen. 40:20). There is no recorded instance in Scripture of the
celebration of birth-days among the Jews. On the occasion of
Herod's birth-day John the Baptist was beheaded (Matt. 14:6).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Birthday \Birth"day`\ (b[~e]rth"d[=a]`), n.
1. The day in which any person is born; day of origin or
commencement.
Those barbarous ages past, succeeded next The
birthday of invention. --Cowper.
2. The day of the month in which a person was born, in
whatever succeeding year it may recur; the anniversary of
one's birth.
This is my birthday; as this very day Was Cassius
born. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Birthday \Birth"day`\, a.
Of or pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as,
birthday gifts or festivities.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
birthday
n 1: an anniversary of the day on which a person was born
2: the date on which a person was born [syn: {natal day}]
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