Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The Devil; Satan.
- noun One of the fallen angels in Milton's Paradise Lost. Beelzebub was next to Satan in power.
- noun An evil spirit; a demon.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A god of the Philistines, who had a famous temple at Ekron. He was worshiped as the destroyer of flies.
- noun A name of the Mycetes ursinus, a howling monkey of South America. See cut under
howler .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The title of a heathen deity to whom the Jews ascribed the sovereignty of the evil spirits; hence, the Devil or a devil. See
Baal .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The
Devil .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"We chose the name Beelzebub to reflect the dark 'diabolic' coloration of the new species and its fierce protective behavior in the field," said Gabor Csorba of the Hungarian Natural History Museum.
Wired Top Stories Danielle Venton 2011
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One of the most peculiar names for Satan, the prince of demons, is the name Beelzebub.
Mysteries & Intrigues of the Bible Howard Books 2007
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One of the most peculiar names for Satan, the prince of demons, is the name Beelzebub.
Mysteries & Intrigues of the Bible Howard Books 2007
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One of the most peculiar names for Satan, the prince of demons, is the name Beelzebub.
Mysteries & Intrigues of the Bible Howard Books 2007
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One of the most peculiar names for Satan, the prince of demons, is the name Beelzebub.
Mysteries & Intrigues of the Bible Howard Books 2007
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Beelzebub is happily preparing the Ambassador Suite at the Hotel Hades for this a$$hat.
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Perhaps with a memory of the days when he built book-houses, he had taken two names of the deepest dye from Milton and Bunyan for two of his favorite cats, whom he called Beelzebub and Apollyon.
A Study Of Hawthorne Lathrop, George P 1876
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Bunyan for two of his favorite cats, whom he called Beelzebub and
A Study of Hawthorne George Parsons Lathrop 1874
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He fucking kicked our asses out of Heaven! "and Beelzebub is like," yeah dude "and Satan says," you know what?
Paraphrasing Book I of Paradise Lost fantasyecho 2006
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If the head of the house has been called Beelzebub, how much more the members of his household!
Loving Beyond Self Belinda 2007
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