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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

With the biggest barrier hurdled, Androcles was only two weeks behind schedule at RKO last week.

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

That is the mood, at any rate, of Androcles and the Lion.

From The Book of This and That by Lynd, Robert

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