English Explanatory Dictionary

Stentor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A herald in the Iliad celebrated for his loud voice.
  2. The Jovian asteroid 2146 Stentor.
noun
  1. A person with a powerful or stentorian voice.
  2. Any protozoan of the genus Stentor.
  3. A part of the amplification system of a carillon.
  4. A howler monkey.

Word forms

Stentor stentors

Etymology

From Latin Stentōr, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr).

Derived words

stentorian stentorious stentorophonic stentorin
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