Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Greek Mythology A loud-voiced Greek herald in the Iliad.
- noun One with a loud or piercing voice.
- noun Any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans of the genus Stentor, living in freshwater habitats and feeding chiefly on smaller microorganisms.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person having a very powerful voice.
- noun In mammalogy: The ursine howler, Mycetes ursinus, a platyrrhine monkey of South America; an alouate; any species of Mycetes. See cut under
howler . - noun [capitalized] The genus of howlers: same as
Mycetes . - noun In Protozoa: A trumpet-animalcule, or so-called funnel-like polyp.
- noun [capitalized] The typical genus of Stentoridæ, of elongate, trumpetlike, or infundibuliform figure, with rounded peristome.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to the genus Stentor and allied genera, common in fresh water. The stentors have a bell-shaped, or cornucopia-like, body with a circle of cilia around the spiral terminal disk. See
Illust. underHeterotricha . - noun (Zoöl.) A howling monkey, or howler.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a person with a
powerful orstentorian voice - noun A
howler monkey .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor
- noun a speaker with an unusually loud voice
- noun the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Fond of a drink, which may have been the cause of her loud behaviour, Elizabeth was described as Amazonian, of huge size, with masculine features and the voice of a stentor.12 It seems clear to us in the twenty-first century that Charlotte and Elizabeth were harmless eccentrics who certainly did not belong in a mental hospital, or even in custody.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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Fond of a drink, which may have been the cause of her loud behaviour, Elizabeth was described as Amazonian, of huge size, with masculine features and the voice of a stentor.12 It seems clear to us in the twenty-first century that Charlotte and Elizabeth were harmless eccentrics who certainly did not belong in a mental hospital, or even in custody.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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Fond of a drink, which may have been the cause of her loud behaviour, Elizabeth was described as Amazonian, of huge size, with masculine features and the voice of a stentor.12 It seems clear to us in the twenty-first century that Charlotte and Elizabeth were harmless eccentrics who certainly did not belong in a mental hospital, or even in custody.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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Once more opening his mouth and shutting his eyes, and laughing like a stentor, Kit gradually backed to the door, and roared himself out.
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November 30th, 2004 at 4:39 pm i agree with stentor and mythago, and posted a response on my blog much more wordy than the succinct comments :.
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“A stentor, me ignorant broth of a boy!” cried Mrs. Tarleton, aping his brogue.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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“A stentor, me ignorant broth of a boy!” cried Mrs. Tarleton, aping his brogue.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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“A stentor, me ignorant broth of a boy!” cried Mrs. Tarleton, aping his brogue.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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“A stentor, me ignorant broth of a boy!” cried Mrs. Tarleton, aping his brogue.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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“A stentor, me ignorant broth of a boy!” cried Mrs. Tarleton, aping his brogue.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
jeffazi commented on the word stentor
In Greek mythology, Stentor (Στεντω�?) was a herald of the Greek forces during the Trojan War. His name has given rise to the adjective meaning loud-voiced, for which he was famous. Homer said his "voice was as powerful as fifty voices of other men".
October 31, 2007
oroboros commented on the word stentor
sTENtOR
June 15, 2008