demigod

[ dem-ee-god ]

/ ˈdɛm iˌgɒd /

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noun

a mythological being who is partly divine and partly human; an inferior deity.

a deified mortal.

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Origin of demigod

1520–30; translation of Latin sēmideus.See demi-, god

Words nearby demigod

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How to use demigod in a sentence

The ambitious open-world RPG is set in a medieval land filled with dragons and demigods.
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Given what advocates have had to deal with in the past, the man seems like a demigod.
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Bachchan, after a few decades of demigod status in Bollywood, is the very baritone of authority in Indian film.
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He has become the demigod of the bloated manufacturing, mining, and landlord interests throughout the country.
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I have consulted God and demigod; the nymph of the river, and what I far more admire and trust, my blue-eyed Minerva.
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With him Alexander was the veritable demigod whom he sottishly decreed that his subjects should see in him.
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Parr moved back, as if to allow this young demigod the center of the stage.
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Compared with the sordid men around her, with whom he would be an object of supercilious contempt, he seemed like a demigod.
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British Dictionary definitions for demigod

demigod

/ (ˈdɛmɪˌɡɒd) /

noun

a mythological being who is part mortal, part god
a lesser deity

a person with outstanding or godlike attributes

Derived forms of demigod

demigoddess, fem n

Word Origin for demigod

C16: translation of Latin sēmideus

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