Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small monkey (Presbytis entellus) of southern Asia, having bristly hairs on the crown and the sides of the face.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In Hindu mythology, the name of a fabulous monkey-god, the friend and ally of Rāma in the Rāmāyana, a noted Sanskrit epic poem recounting the adventures of Rāma.
- n. Hence [lowercase] In zoology, same as entellus.
Wiktionary
- n. The entellus (Presbytis entellus)
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. See hoonoomaun.
WordNet 3.0
- n. in Hinduism, the monkey god and helper of Rama; god of devotion and courage
- n. langur of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in India
Etymologies
- Hindi hanumān, from Sanskrit Hanumān, a monkey-god in Hindu mythology, from hanumān, having a large jaw, from hanu, jaw. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
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“June 17, 2008 mega star with his family members went to hanuman temple in jublie hills this morning to do special pooja. as tuesday in very special day to do pooja to hanuman, chiru has done this today. on his interview, he said that lord hanuman has played a lot of role in his life and defintely help him in furture.”
“This piece of folk-lore has evidently reached Ceylon from India, where it is believed that persons dwelling on the spot where a hanuman monkey,”
“Firstly, the public toilet which was on the footpath was demolished, slum dwellers were forced to relocate, now this bus stop and in the future, hanuman temple might come on the list as well," said Bhosle.”
“The hanuman temple is located near the watchtower at the Sariska national park, 11 kms from the entrance to the park.”
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“There are hundreds of monkeys and langurs running about the hanuman temple premises.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hanuman’.
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primates
big ones,small ones,as many as
I can findangwantibo, babacoote, baboon, bandar, bandari, bobbejaan, bonobo, bushbaby, cebid, ceboid, chacma, chimp and 102 more...
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Hey Hey It's My Monkey!
I don't have a monkey. But if I did, he/she would be named ...
hanuman, shock, 500, rhesus, wrench, spank, puzzle, davy jones, funky, grip, swinger, chunky and 33 more...
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Animals (besides pottos)
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robin, wagtail, frog, bunny, pronk, rabbit, fur, badger, mouse, bee, crepuscular, purr and 140 more...
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Infinite Jest
Words taken from Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.
prorector, monograph, post-fourier, snuffle, rototremble, creatus, enfilade, subanimalistic, balletic, espadrilles, leonine, cirri and 1153 more...
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the gods must be crazy!
quetzalcoatl, baron-samedi, loa, orichas, arianrhod, aine, amaethon, annwn, arnemetia, balor, badbh, bean nighe and 1061 more...
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Learned words
Words which are highly likely to be found in the work of learned writers.
ailurophile, labyrinthine, lagniappe, colleague, anechoic, reglets, fluctuations, scalar, implicit, constitute, mortification, ambassadors and 629 more...
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Fabulous Creatures
Inspired by a Twitter exchange between Kory Stamper and other lexicographers about mythical beings with "fabulous" in their definitions.
mamuque, hippocampus, hippodame, hippogriff, kraken, cockatrice, griffin, centaur, chichevache, hippocentaur, hircocerf, tragelaphus and 40 more...
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mark oppenneer's list of mythic chara...
sisyphus, gilgamesh, awonawilona, ea, djanggawul, thoth, hermes, hanuman, gluskabi, anansi, prometheus, iktomi and 1 more...
Tweets
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bilby In Indonesia, also an offensive term for a white person. May 21, 2009