Dementor
//dɪˈmɛntə// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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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