Stentor

[ sten-tawr ]
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noun
  1. (in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.

  2. (lowercase) a person having a very loud or powerful voice.

  1. (lowercase) a trumpet-shaped, ciliate protozoan of the genus Stentor.

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British Dictionary definitions for stentor (1 of 2)

stentor

/ (ˈstɛntɔː) /


noun
  1. a person with an unusually loud voice

  2. any trumpet-shaped protozoan of the genus Stentor, having a ciliated spiral feeding funnel at the wider end: phylum Ciliophora (ciliates)

Origin of stentor

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C19: after Stentor

British Dictionary definitions for Stentor (2 of 2)

Stentor

/ (ˈstɛntɔː) /


noun
  1. Greek myth a Greek herald with a powerful voice who died after he lost a shouting contest with Hermes, herald of the gods

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