name
Meaning 1
A herald in the Iliad celebrated for his loud voice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Stentor
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Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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rhymes with -ɛntə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: S T EH1 N T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
The Jovian asteroid 2146 Stentor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
A person with a powerful or stentorian voice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1609, Ben Jonson, Epicoene Act IV, Scene II, 1989, Johanna Procter (editor), The Selected Plays of Ben Jonson, Volume 1, page 381, Rogues, hellhounds, Stentors, out of my doors, you sons of noise and tumult, begot on an ill May Day, or when the galley-foist is afloat to Westminster!
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noun
Meaning 4
Any protozoan of the genus Stentor.
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noun
Meaning 5
A part of the amplification system of a carillon.
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noun
Meaning 6
A howler monkey.
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noun
Meaning 7
any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran
noun
Meaning 8
the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes
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Broader terms: mythical being
noun
Meaning 9
a speaker with an unusually loud voice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser
History
Etymology
From Latin Stentōr, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr).
Borrowed from Latin Stentōr, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr), the name of a herald in the Iliad who had a loud voice.