Stentor

[sten-tawr]

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noun

(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
(lowercase) a person having a very loud or powerful voice.
(lowercase) a trumpet-shaped, ciliate protozoan of the genus Stentor.

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Related Words for stentor

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Historical Examples of stentor

It lasts with the voice of Stentor, and with the horn of Roland.
The Long Roll
Mary Johnston
Stentor polymorphus is exceedingly interesting on more than one account.
The Dawn of Reason
James Weir
Parasitic in Stentor, and at one time mistaken for its young.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 5
Various
O'Callaghan, amidst the din of arms, calling to his soldiers with the tones of a Stentor, "steady 39th ordinary time!"
The Adventures of Captain John Patterson with Notices of The Officers &c. of the 50th or Queen's Own Regiment from 1807 to 1821
John Patterson
So that Stentor himself becomes a mute when compared with these insects.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. II (of 4)
William Kirby

British Dictionary definitions for stentor

stentor

noun

a person with an unusually loud voice
any trumpet-shaped protozoan of the genus Stentor, having a ciliated spiral feeding funnel at the wider end: phylum Ciliophora (ciliates)

Word Origin for stentor

C19: after Stentor

Stentor

noun

Greek myth a Greek herald with a powerful voice who died after he lost a shouting contest with Hermes, herald of the gods

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