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  • noun king of Sparta and hero of the battle of Thermopylae where he was killed by the Persians (died in 480 BC)

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Examples

  • Leonidas is a LaMancha with very, very short ears as is characteristic of the breed.

    Archive 2010-06-01 Olga Bonfiglio 2010

  • Leonidas is a LaMancha with very, very short ears as is characteristic of the breed.

    Farm Journal: Gates and Maimed Males Olga Bonfiglio 2010

  • King Leonidas is his best friend (yet another neat trick). (more …)

    Dusk Before the Dawn » 2008 » October 2008

  • HELL YEAH! would you even know the name Leonidas if swords didnt come with this intense magnetism that just makes you want to pick it up and hack shit?

    BBQ Sword | My[confined]Space 2009

  • And am I the only person who thinks chocolate instead of king when hearing the name Leonidas?

    Archive 2007-03-01 Dr. Lisa 2007

  • And am I the only person who thinks chocolate instead of king when hearing the name Leonidas?

    King and Queen Dr. Lisa 2007

  • [363] Swift wrote to Pope on May 31, 1737: ” 'Pray who is that Mr. Glover, who writ the epick poem called Leonidas, which is reprinting here, and has great vogue?'

    Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

  • They were half persuaded to recall Leonidas, but hesitated to act until it was too late.

    Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima John Richard Hale

  • They could not ride off, horseback, comfortably into the woods and call Leonidas and his 300 together for a talk and a treaty the following day; for the wild men were not in a body; they were scattered, immense distances apart, over regions so desolate that even the birds could not make a living with the chances offered -- scattered in groups of twenty, a dozen, half a dozen, even in groups of three.

    Following the Equator Mark Twain 1872

  • They could not ride off, horseback, comfortably into the woods and call Leonidas and his 300 together for a talk and a treaty the following day; for the wild men were not in a body; they were scattered, immense distances apart, over regions so desolate that even the birds could not make a living with the chances offered -- scattered in groups of twenty, a dozen, half a dozen, even in groups of three.

    Following the Equator, Part 3 Mark Twain 1872

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