(sī′mən; Fr. sē·mô′; Ger. zē′mōn; Sp. Sw. sē·mōn′; Hungarian shē′mōn)
A masculine personal name. Also Ital. Si·mo·ne (sē·mō′nā). See also SIMEON. [<Hebrew, obedient]
—Simon Ma·gus (mā′gəs)
A Samarian magician of the first century, founder of the Simonians, a sect competing with Gentile Christianity.
—Simon Peter
See PETER.
—Simon Ze·lo·tes (zē·lō′tēz)
One of the twelve apostles: also called “Simon the Canaanite.”

(sī′mən) noun
A credulous unsophisticated person: from the Mother Goose nursery rime Simple Simon.

(sī′mən), Sir John Allsebrook,
1873–1954, first viscount Simon, English lawyer and statesman.