kouros

American  

[koor-os] / ˈkʊər ɒs /

noun

Greek Antiquity.

plural

kouroi

1. a sculptured representation of a young man, especially one produced prior to the 5th century b.c.

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Etymology

Origin of kouros

1915–20; < Greek koûros, dialectal variant of kóros boy; kore

Example Sentences

Cypriot High Commissioner to the UK Dr Kyriacos Kouros told BBC Newsnight Cypriots were "disappointed" about the standard of information sharing with residents after RAF Akrotiri was hit overnight on Sunday and further drones were intercepted.

From BBC

Asked by Newsnight whether people in Cyprus felt protected by the UK, Kouros said: "Let's say the people are disappointed, the people are scared, the people could expect more."

From BBC

Senior diplomat Kyriakos Kouros said a protest was filed by an ambassador of an unnamed Arab state on Saturday after tourists were targeted.

From Reuters

"They cut short their visit. I doubt they will ever return," Kouros, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, wrote on the social media platform X on Sunday, posting a picture of the departure of a group at an airport.

From Reuters

He singles out art that speaks to different concepts of time — the work of the Egyptians, with their “neheh,” whose essence was a circle; a Titian portrait of a young man in which “time appears to have pooled instead of frozen, as if past and future are subsumed by the vital present”; a Greek statue called the New York kouros that Bringley feels especially connected to “as a fellow transplant, and as one who also stands in the museum day after day.”

From Washington Post