Definitions
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- proper noun A male
given name , of mostly historical use in English.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia; he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Maybe the ship Demetrius is from Aerelon, too, according Demeter's role in the Greek mythology.
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Demetrius is a ship in the Fleet and was first mentioned quite some time ago.
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"We are a different team when Demetrius is healthy, he is the second best ballhandler behind Kevin and right now he is shooting better than anyone on the team," Esherick said.
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Corrhaeus, two sons; the one of whom, after the name of his uncle, he called Demetrius, the other had that of his grandfather Philip, and died young.
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"He whom they called Demetrius, the merchant of Alexandria, but whom once I knew by another name," answered Nehushta in a slow voice while
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The official story was that only one man had ever died at the hands of Trophonius, and that he — known to be the lowlife bodyguard of a man called Demetrius — had deliberately gone into the cavern to steal gold and silver.
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Upon this occasion, one of the comic writers gave Lamia the name of the real Helepolis; and Demochares of Soli called Demetrius Mythus, because the fable always has its Lamia, and so had he.
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What if visionary, charismatic Alexander the Great was succeeded by a practical, realistic younger brother, called Demetrius, who handed India over to Chandragupta, circumnavigated Arabia, established a frontier on the Caucasus, and an imperial capital at Alexandria the Metropolis?
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A general league of the kings, who were now gathering and combining their forces to attack Antigonus, recalled Demetrius from Greece.
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It was in the reign of Nero, that a cinical mock-philosopher, called Demetrius, saw, for the first time, one of these pantomime compositions.
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