English Explanatory Dictionary

alastor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An avenging spirit or deity, variously associated with the Erinyes, Nemesis, and more.
  2. In more recent ages, a term of rebuke for a pestilent rascal.
  3. A genus of hunting wasp
name
  1. Any of several characters in Greek mythology, variously spirit, human, a horse of the underworld.
name
  1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.

Word forms

alastor alastors

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλάστωρ (alástōr).

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