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name
Any of several characters in Greek mythology, variously spirit, human, a horse of the underworld.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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name
A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An avenging spirit or deity, variously associated with the Erinyes, Nemesis, and more.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
In more recent ages, a term of rebuke for a pestilent rascal.
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noun
A genus of hunting wasp
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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History
From Scottish Gaelic Alasdair, Alastair, from Old Irish Alaxander.
From Ancient Greek ἀλάστωρ (alástōr).
