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Stentor

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A herald in the Iliad celebrated for his loud voice.

    "For who can be the general of such a vast multitude, or who the herald, unless he have the voice of a Stentor?"

  2. 2
    The Jovian asteroid 2146 Stentor.
Noun
  1. 1
    A person with a powerful or stentorian voice.

    "1609, Ben Jonson, Epicoene Act IV, Scene II, 1989, Johanna Procter (editor), The Selected Plays of Ben Jonson, Volume 1, page 381, Rogues, hellhounds, Stentors, out of my doors, you sons of noise and tumult, begot on an ill May Day, or when the galley-foist is afloat to Westminster!"

  2. 2
    any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor wordnet
  3. 3
    Any protozoan of the genus Stentor.

    "Ere long a solitary amœba and stentor were found engaged in a struggle, which continued for some time with varying success, finally ending with the escape of the latter."

  4. 4
    a speaker with an unusually loud voice wordnet
  5. 5
    A part of the amplification system of a carillon.

    "The unit is completely automatic in operation and tower stentors, matching the power output of the amplifier, are provided for roof or tower mounting."

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  1. 6
    A howler monkey.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin Stentōr, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr), the name of a herald in the Iliad who had a loud voice.

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