An evangelical Christian who distributes free Bibles (6)

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gideon

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(Other definitions for gideon that I've seen before include "Israel judge; hotel bible" , "Israelite leader; I'd gone (anag.)" , "Hebrew judge - hotel Bible" , "Israelite leader against Midianites" , "Israelite hero" .)

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