Definitions
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- proper noun A male
given name , of mostly historical use in English.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia; he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Maybe the ship Demetrius is from Aerelon, too, according Demeter's role in the Greek mythology.
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Demetrius is a ship in the Fleet and was first mentioned quite some time ago.
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"We are a different team when Demetrius is healthy, he is the second best ballhandler behind Kevin and right now he is shooting better than anyone on the team," Esherick said.
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Corrhaeus, two sons; the one of whom, after the name of his uncle, he called Demetrius, the other had that of his grandfather Philip, and died young.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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"He whom they called Demetrius, the merchant of Alexandria, but whom once I knew by another name," answered Nehushta in a slow voice while
Pearl-Maiden Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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The official story was that only one man had ever died at the hands of Trophonius, and that he — known to be the lowlife bodyguard of a man called Demetrius — had deliberately gone into the cavern to steal gold and silver.
See Delphi and Die Davis, Lindsey 2005
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Upon this occasion, one of the comic writers gave Lamia the name of the real Helepolis; and Demochares of Soli called Demetrius Mythus, because the fable always has its Lamia, and so had he.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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What if visionary, charismatic Alexander the Great was succeeded by a practical, realistic younger brother, called Demetrius, who handed India over to Chandragupta, circumnavigated Arabia, established a frontier on the Caucasus, and an imperial capital at Alexandria the Metropolis?
Jacob's Ladder Mackay, Colin 2003
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A general league of the kings, who were now gathering and combining their forces to attack Antigonus, recalled Demetrius from Greece.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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It was in the reign of Nero, that a cinical mock-philosopher, called Demetrius, saw, for the first time, one of these pantomime compositions.
A Treatise on the Art of Dancing Giovanni-Andrea Gallini 1766
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