I. Joseph, Chief BrE AmE
(?1840–1904) the chief of a ↑ Native American tribe who fought against the US army in 1870. He was not successful, and his tribe was forced to leave their land and move to a ↑ reservation .
II. Joseph, Lord Keith /kiːθ/ BrE AmE
(1918–94) a British politician in the Conservative Party, who held several important government positions between the 1960s and the 1980s. He is remembered as the person who developed many of the ↑ right-wing ideas which Margaret Thatcher based her policies (↑ policy ) on when she was Prime Minister.
III. Jo ‧ seph 1 /ˈdʒəʊzəf, ˈdʒəʊzɪf/ BrE AmE
in the Old Testament of the Bible, the favourite son of ↑ Jacob . Joseph was given a ‘coat of many colours’ by his father, and this made his brothers ↑ jealous of him. They sold him as a slave to some Egyptians, but Joseph later became powerful by becoming an adviser to the Egyptian king, and brought his people to live in Egypt.
IV. Joseph 2 BrE AmE
in the New Testament of the Bible, the husband of ↑ Mary , the mother of Jesus. Joseph was a ↑ carpenter in ↑ Nazareth .