Thor

[ thawr ]

/ θɔr /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.

a medium-range U.S. Air Force ballistic missile developed in the early 1950s and powered by a single liquid-propellant rocket engine.

a male given name.

Origin of Thor

before 1050; Old English Thōr < Old Norse Thōrr literally, thunder

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Examples from the Web for thor

The move came one day after the comic book company introduced a female Thor.
Fear of a Minority Superhero: Marvel's Obsession with White Guys Saving the World|Marlow Stern|August 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Don Payne, whose work on The Simpsons started in Season 14, went on to write the scripts for both Thor and Thor: The Dark World.
A 200-Hour ‘Simpsons’ Marathon? That’s Unpossible!|Rich Goldstein|July 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And instead of choosing to drop the Thor bombshell at the upcoming San Diego Comic Con, Marvel revealed the change on The View.
DC Comics’ Diversity Crisis: Why the Status Quo Rules|Liz Watson|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And when Thor Odinson is deemed unworthy, his hammer (and the Thor title, it seems) will pass on to an unnamed woman.
DC Comics’ Diversity Crisis: Why the Status Quo Rules|Liz Watson|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

At 8:38 a.m. ET this morning, Thor—excuse me, Chris Hemsworth—stepped to the podium to announce the 2014 Oscar nominations.
13 Oscar Nomination Shockers: Oprah, Tom Hanks, ‘Inside Llewyn Davis,’ and More|Marlow Stern|January 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nother thing they had a wall built in betwix er room and let hams and all kinds provisions swing down in thor.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Work Projects Administration
It reared over the boat that Hrymer sat in and that Thor straddled across.
The Children of Odin|Padraic Colum
Thor arose and called to his companions that there was danger about, and that they must be on guard.
In The Days of Giants|Abbie Farwell Brown
Thor, as his name implies, was the thunder god; his realm was called Thrudvang, which is said to mean the "Region of Fortitude."
The Heroes of Asgard|Annie Keary
Plainly this cannot be considered in the same sense "episodic" as the poem of Thor's fishing for the Midgarth snake.
Epic and Romance|W. P. Ker

British Dictionary definitions for thor

Thor

/ (θɔː) /

noun

Norse myth the god of thunder, depicted as wielding a hammer, emblematic of the thunderbolt

Word Origin for Thor

Old English Thōr, from Old Norse thōrr thunder

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Word Origin and History for thor

Thor

Odin's eldest son, strongest of the gods though not the wisest, c.1020, from Old Norse Þorr, literally "thunder," from *þunroz, related to Old English þunor (see thunder).

Culture definitions for thor

Thor

The god of thunder in Norse mythology. He wielded a hammer.

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Thursday (Thor's day) is named after Thor.

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