Thor

[ thawr ]

/ θɔr /

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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.

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Origin of Thor

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

Words nearby Thor

Thomson's gazelle, thon, Thon Buri, thonder, thong, Thor, thorac-, thoracalgia, thoracectomy, thoracentesis, thoracic

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How to use Thor in a sentence

Like his brother Thor, he is a god, though he finds out in the Thor movies that he is not the genetic son of Oden, the King of Asgard, as Thor is.
Everything You Need to Know About Loki and Time Travel in the MCU|Eliana Dockterman|June 8, 2021|Time
Thor’s simply following the pattern laid out by his own parents, who never stopped doing what they loved, either.
This Film Will Make You Rethink Every Parental Decision|Ryan Van Bibber|October 26, 2020|Outside Online
“I don’t know if I’m doing right,” Thor says, “or if I’ll ever know, but the most important thing is that we’re doing it together.”
This Film Will Make You Rethink Every Parental Decision|Ryan Van Bibber|October 26, 2020|Outside Online
He married a Playboy centerfold and had two sons, the humbly-named Thor and Odin.
The Zillionaires Who Lost Everything|Tom Sykes|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

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
Thurstane is evidently Thor's stone or altar; forefathers priests of the god of thunder.
Overland|John William De Forest
It is not sport, nor any childish quarrel, Be ye assured, makes Thor descend from Asgaard.
The Death of Balder|Johannes Ewald
Thor, the son of Odin, is one of the twelve great gods of northern mythology.
'Round the Year in Myth and Song|Florence Holbrook
In the latter case it has been considered—erroneously, however—a variety of the Thor hammer.
The Swastika|Thomas Wilson
The midwife, without the ointment, is deceived like Thor by Utgard-Loki: nothing is as it appears to her.
The Science of Fairy Tales|Edwin Sidney Hartland

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for Thor

Thor

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

notes for Thor

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

Thor

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