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Achilles

//əˈkɪliːz// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp. Greek

    "Achilles! a drayman, a porter, a very camel."

  2. 2
    A male given name from Ancient Greek. rare
  3. 3
    The Greek camp Trojan asteroid 588 Achilles.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Achillēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

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