Nimrod - Definition and Overview

Nimrod (Standard Hebrew נִמְרוֹד Nimrod, Tiberian Hebrew נִמְרֹד Nimrōḏ) has been the name of more than one person, place, or thing.

• Nimrod (king) - A Mesopotamian King.
• Nimrod (ship) - The ship used by Ernest Shackleton during his 1908 Antarctic expedition.
• Nimrod Fortress - A fortress in the Golan Heights, built by the Mamluks. Also called Qalaat Namrud, after the legendary biblical hunter-king.
• Nimrod, Minnesota - A town in Minnesota.
• Nimrod (album) - An album by Green Day.
• Hawker Nimrod - A Fleet Air Arm single-seater biplane from the 1930s.
• BAE Nimrod - A Royal Air Force maritime patrol aircraft.
• Nimrod (Doctor Who) - A villain created by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright for audio plays based on Doctor Who produced by Big Finish Productions.
• Nimrod - The ninth variation from Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations
• Nimrod (http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/n/nimrodii.htm) - a robot mutant hunter (Sentinel) that appeared in X-Men issue 191.
• A slang expression for a stupid or obnoxious individual.