aegis
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
protection; support: under the imperial aegis.
sponsorship; auspices: a debate under the aegis of the League of Women Voters.
Origin of aegis
1- Sometimes e·gis .
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How to use aegis in a sentence
He was a staunch Cold Warrior, and under his aegis, the Pentagon developed the first peacetime standing military in American history.
What America's Plutocrats Today Should Learn From Past Generations | Zachary Karabell | June 9, 2021 | TimeNot every advice giver works under the aegis of an organization.
Sex, Suicide, and Homework: The Secret World of the Telephone Hotline | Tim Teeman | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Greenwald did come here under the aegis of [Dotcom],” says John Armstrong, political columnist for The New Zealand Herald.
Greenwald, Assange, and Snowden Join Forces with Kim Dotcom in New Zealand Election | Lennox Samuels | September 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe biggest naval export program is the aegis fire control system.
Why the World’s Armies Don’t Want U.S. Tech Anymore | Bill Sweetman | July 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTokyo also sent one of its aegis destroyers to the Sea of Japan on April 3.
Japan Prepares to Shoot North Korean Missiles Out of the Sky | Angela Erika Kubo, Jake Adelstein | April 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Under the aegis of the World Trade Organization, companies could feel secure that they could sell their goods all over the globe.
Further, great mystery shrouds the particulars of their overthrow when the aegis of the Roman authority was withdrawn.
The Towns of Roman Britain | James Oliver BevanOught you not to be in a home of your own with your mother, who loves you well enough to protect you with her aegis?
Parisians in the Country | Honore de BalzacHe had never contemplated the possession of power except under the aegis of some commanding chief.
Endymion | Benjamin DisraeliShe was like as if she would array a battle, with a spear in her hand, and a golden helmet, and the aegis about her shoulders.
Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | Homer and HesiodThe demonstration of 30th March and 6th April could have been held under any other aegis us under that of Satyagrah.
Freedom's Battle | Mahatma Gandhi
British Dictionary definitions for aegis
sometimes US egis
/ (ˈiːdʒɪs) /
sponsorship or protection; auspices (esp in the phrase under the aegis of)
Greek myth the shield of Zeus, often represented in art as a goatskin
Origin of aegis
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