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

In that year he met G.B.S., played in Shaw's Androcles and the Lion and The Doctor's Dilemma.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under Margaret Webster's direction, last week's Androcles was played even more broadly than it is written.

From Time Magazine Archive

Meek Androcles and his shrewish wife, for example, became a kind of antique Maggie & Jiggs.

From Time Magazine Archive

There the lion crouched again for a moment—then made a rush at Androcles.

From The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two by Sarath Kumar Ghosh

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