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

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

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

He expected instantly to be destroyed; but the lion, approaching Androcles, held up his paw or foot with a supplicating air.

From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various