Pronunciation: ˌ hä-l ə - ' f ə r-( ˌ )n ē z, ˌ h ō -
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek Holophern ē s
Date: before 12th century
: a general of Nebuchadnezzar's who led an Assyrian army against Israel and was beheaded in his sleep by Judith