Stentor
[sten-tawr]
- (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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Historical Examples
It lasts with the voice of Stentor, and with the horn of Roland.
The Long RollMary Johnston
Stentor polymorphus is exceedingly interesting on more than one account.
The Dawn of ReasonJames Weir
Parasitic in Stentor, and at one time mistaken for its young.
O'Callaghan, amidst the din of arms, calling to his soldiers with the tones of a Stentor, "steady 39th ordinary time!"
So that Stentor himself becomes a mute when compared with these insects.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. II (of 4)William Kirby
stentor
- 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)
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Word Origin
C19: after Stentor
Stentor
- 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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