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

In more recent years Dooley has worked in the Federal Theater Project with John Houseman and Orson Welles, played in The Show-Off, Androcles and the Lion and the Broadway production of Cabin in the Sky.

From Time Magazine Archive

She wanted to pet them if possible, considered Androcles the most fortunate of humans.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Making a low moan as if in great pain, it stood licking its huge paw, from which Androcles now saw that blood was flowing freely.

From The Animal Story Book by Various