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Demon

nounproper nouncommon in dialogue

  • //ˈdiː.mən//

A male given name from Ancient Greek.

noun

  1. 1

    Variant of demonAlternative letter-case form of demon (“card game”).

proper noun

  1. 1

    A male given name from Ancient Greek.

    Demon writes that Taurus, the chief captain of Minos, was slain by Theseus at the mouth of the port, in a naval combat as he was sailing out for Athens.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “ordinary citizens, common people from a district, in a city-state”).

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