Androcles

American  

[an-druh-kleez] / ˈæn drəˌkliz /

Also Androclus

noun

Roman Legend.

1. a slave who was spared in the arena by a lion from whose foot he had long before extracted a thorn.

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Androcles British  

/ ˈændrəˌkliːz, ˈændrəkləs /

noun

1. (in Roman legend) a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had once extracted a thorn

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Example Sentences

Born in Kuala Lumpur, Gough started his career in the 1946 television movie Androcles and the Lion.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2011

With the biggest barrier hurdled, Androcles was only two weeks behind schedule at RKO last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

One suggested that the beast cut its paw on a Coca-Cola bottle, another thought the lion was a character actor from a traveling troupe of Shaw's Androcles and the Lion.

From Time Magazine Archive

But when Benito Mussolini tried to make his mark in Greece, the paw began picking up thorns�until by last week Il Duce was badly in need of his Androcles, Adolf Hitler.

From Time Magazine Archive

Androcles, who was naturally of a resolute disposition, acquired courage, from this circumstance, to examine his monstrous guest, who gave him sufficient leisure for that purpose.

From The History of Sandford and Merton by Day, Thomas