Dementor

//dɪˈmɛntə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An evil and fearsome creature.

    "[…] and by which a certain Rabbi, who was once annoyed by a demon that came to him in the shape of a woman, got rid of his dementor."

Example

More examples

"[…] and by which a certain Rabbi, who was once annoyed by a demon that came to him in the shape of a woman, got rid of his dementor."

Etymology

From dement + -or. Repopularized by the Harry Potter series.

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