1. Jewish leader of a revolt in Judea that recovered Jerusalem around 166 BC; hero of the Apocryphal books I Maccabees and II Maccabees (?-161 BC);
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Judas Maccabaeus
n 1: Jewish leader of a revolt in Judea that recovered Jerusalem
around 166 BC; hero of the Apocryphal books I Maccabees and
II Maccabees (?-161 BC)