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Androcles

American

[an-druh-kleez] / ˈæn drəˌkliz /

Also Androclus

noun

Roman Legend.

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

Androcles British

/ ˈændrəˌkliːz, ˈændrəkləs /

noun

(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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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

The Pitoeff company playing at the Comedie Champs Elysees, in The Lower Depths, Androcles and the Lion and others, are almost always interesting.

From Time Magazine Archive

Androcles fails to transmit a serious social message, for the good reason that it is not a serious play.

From Time Magazine Archive

A few minutes later it returned with a little dead rabbit in its mouth, which it put down on the floor of the cave beside Androcles.

From The Animal Story Book by Various

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