Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A legendary Roman slave held to have been spared in the arena by a lion that remembered him as the man who had once removed a thorn from its paw.
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Examples
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One of his slaves was called Androcles (An´ dr [= o] cl [= e] z).
The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two Sarath Kumar Ghosh
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Maina blogged on Pride of Kenya blog about the first images of this lion that has been - symbolically - christened Androcles:
Global Voices in English » Kenya: Lion-saving Art Takes Shape 2009
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Yes | No | Report from Androcles wrote 27 weeks 3 days ago
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- George Bernard Shaw, 1912, Androcles and the lion
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Yes | No | Report from Androcles wrote 27 weeks 3 days ago
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And now you can see the first pictures of Androcles as he takes shape in the hands of the renowned artist, Mary Collis.
Global Voices in English » Kenya: Lion-saving Art Takes Shape 2009
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Confronted with it, the astute spectator immediately wonders why -- if the Great White Way newcomer is meant to be impersonating an aging tiger -- he looks so much like an old lion, so like George Bernard Shaw's thorn-freed Androcles companion in his dotage.
David Finkle: First Nighter: Robin Williams Broadway-Bows in Rajiv Joseph's Toothless Play David Finkle 2011
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Suddenly we had a name for the WildlifeDirect lion - Androcles.
Global Voices in English » Kenya: Lion-saving Art Takes Shape 2009
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Confronted with it, the astute spectator immediately wonders why -- if the Great White Way newcomer is meant to be impersonating an aging tiger -- he looks so much like an old lion, so like George Bernard Shaw's thorn-freed Androcles companion in his dotage.
David Finkle: First Nighter: Robin Williams Broadway-Bows in Rajiv Joseph's Toothless Play David Finkle 2011
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And Lucy is able to show compassion and help heal a wounded dragon because she knows that it "came to us to be cured, like in Androcles and the lion."
On Palin's Reading List, C.S. Lewis Micheal Flaherty 2010
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