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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • Athenian tyrant who ruled for most of the period from 560 to 527 and is remembered for encouraging athletic contests and literary efforts.

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  • proper noun Alternative spelling of Peisistratus.

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Examples

  • Mr. Leaf fills up the gap in the sense, after "Pisistratus" thus, "for it was he"

    Homer and His Age Andrew Lang 1878

  • "Pisistratus," whispered my father at last, and I stole near, hushing my breath, -- "Pisistratus, if your mother were here!"

    The Caxtons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • "Pisistratus," said my father, "you reason by synecdoche, -- ornamental, but illogical;" and therewith, resolved to hear no more, my father rose and retreated into his study.

    The Caxtons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • "Pisistratus," whispered my father at last, and I stole near, hushing my breath, -- "Pisistratus, if your mother were here!"

    The Caxtons — Volume 08 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • "Pisistratus," said my father, softly, "I fear you have forgotten the saffron bag."

    The Caxtons — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • "Pisistratus," said my father, softly, "I fear you have forgotten the saffron bag."

    The Caxtons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • Last, there is the old hypothesis of Wolf: "Pisistratus" (about

    Homer and His Age Andrew Lang 1878

  • "Pisistratus," said my father one evening, as he arranged his notes before him and rubbed his spectacles, "Pisistratus, a great library is an awful place!

    The Caxtons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • "Pisistratus," said he gravely, and looking round him, "your mother!

    The Caxtons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • "Pisistratus," said he gravely, and looking round him, "your mother!

    The Caxtons — Volume 11 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

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