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Stentor

noun

A speaker with an unusually loud voice.

The mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes.

Any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor.

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"Stentor" Quotes from Famous Books

... voice of a Stentor. He was also a Hercules of strength. Here and there the narrow street seemed blocked with vehicles; but when he did not terrorize the drivers into immediate flight at the sound of his voice and the sight of his club he would calmly lift the ...

— Mlle. Fouchette - A Novel of French Life • Charles Theodore Murray

Words linked to "Stentor" : utterer, verbalizer, ciliated protozoan, Greek mythology, ciliate, mythical being, speaker, ciliophoran, verbaliser, talker