"stentor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stentors [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Stentōr, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr), the name of a herald in the Iliad who had a loud voice. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Stentōr}} Latin Stentōr, {{der|en|grc|Στέντωρ}} Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr) Head templates: {{en-noun}} stentor (plural stentors)
  1. A person with a powerful or stentorian voice.
    Sense id: en-stentor-en-noun-mXuLeqA5
  2. Any protozoan of the genus Stentor.
    Sense id: en-stentor-en-noun-K3cgxipM
  3. A part of the amplification system of a carillon.
    Sense id: en-stentor-en-noun-vg~Iuikz
  4. A howler monkey. Categories (lifeform): Alveolates, New World monkeys
    Sense id: en-stentor-en-noun-uGV5CHqh Disambiguation of Alveolates: 3 41 6 51 Disambiguation of New World monkeys: 1 12 2 85 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 23 4 70 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 27 4 65 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 18 4 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: stentorian

Inflected forms

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