Stentor Hear it!

Stentor definition

Sten·tor (sten′tôr′)

noun

  1. Gr. Myth. a Greek herald in the Trojan War, described in the Iliad as having the voice of fifty men
  2. a person having a very loud voice
  3. any of a genus (Stentor) of large, trumpet-shaped, ciliated protozoans, found in stagnant fresh waters

Etymology: L < Gr Stentōr, akin to stenein, to rumble, roar < IE base *(s)ten- > L tonare, to thunder

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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