Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A god personifying the gentle west wind.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In classical mythology, a personification of the west wind, poetically regarded as the mildest and gentlest of all the sylvan deities.
- noun [NL. (Dalman, 1816).] In entomology, a genus of butterflies, of the family Lycænidæ, chiefly of Europe and Asia, characterized by peculiarities of the wing-venation; the zephyrs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The west wind, or zephyr; -- usually personified, and made the most mild and gentle of all the sylvan deities.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Greek mythology The
Ancient Greek god of thewest wind , supposed to be thegentlest of the winds and themessenger ofspring .
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Examples
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Swallowing the Earth is the story of Zephyrus, a modern-day siren.
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The only one immune to her charms is young Seki Gohonmatsu, a Neanderthal-like perpetually-drunken sailor whose only goal is to drink all the liquor in the world, a crass parallel to Zephyrus 'schemes to swallow the Earth with her revenge.
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The exhibition's first gallery, with russet and black walls, is lined with customary atrium furnishings: marble statues of men and women, gracefully draped in togas, who might represent the family's ancestors; a marble table supported by four carved griffons; and frescoes depicting Dionysus/Bacchus with his golden drinking cup and the wind god Zephyrus with outspread wings.
The Gracious Art of Living Judy Fayard 2011
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Also in this volume is another appearance of the Black Queen, the female doctor who resembles Zephyrus.
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Zephyrus, a mysterious, icy seductress, uses her power over men to snare them into aiding her scheme to overthrow the world order in order to avenge the wrongs done to womankind over the course of history.
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The only one immune to her charms is young Seki Gohonmatsu, a Neanderthal-like perpetually-drunken sailor whose only goal is to drink all the liquor in the world, a crass parallel to Zephyrus 'schemes to swallow the Earth with her revenge.
May | 2009 | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009
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Zephyrus, thanks for the correction. fostert Says:
Matthew Yglesias » Cato’s David Boaz Joins George Will in Peddling Bogus “Global Cooling” Stories 2009
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Zephyrus, a mysterious, icy seductress, uses her power over men to snare them into aiding her scheme to overthrow the world order in order to avenge the wrongs done to womankind over the course of history.
May | 2009 | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009
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Defense spending might have a multiplier, Zephyrus, but it does not have a multiplier of 3.
Matthew Yglesias » McConnell: Spending Can’t Work Except When It Can 2009
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The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve in reply to a comment from Zephyrus
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