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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Extremely loud: a stentorian voice. See Synonyms at loud.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Resembling the voice of Stentor (see stentor, etymology); extremely loud or powerful in sound.
  2. Able to utter a very loud sound: as, stentorian lungs.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. of a voice Loud, powerful, booming, suitable for giving speeches to large crowds.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Of or pertaining to a stentor; extremely loud; powerful.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. used of the voice

Etymologies

  1. From Stentor, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Stentōr) + -ian. Stentor was the herald of the Greek forces in the Iliad, noted for his loud voice. (Wiktionary)
  2. After Stentor, a loud-voiced Greek herald in the Iliad. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • chained_bear Is it like a Cape Horn voice? *ponders* Aug 15, 2008

  • milosrdenstvi Also, a microscopic protozoan which bears a marked resemblance to a trumpet.

    In fact, Stentor is not mentioned in the Iliad but is only referenced when Hera speaks in Book V, 'with a voice like Stentor, as loud as fifty other men'. Aug 15, 2008

  • chained_bear Really logos? That's cool! I never heard that before. Aug 15, 2008

  • super-logos Stentor: a Greek herald in the Trojan War. It is a solid, manly word indeed. Aug 15, 2008

  • whichbe Extremely loud. (from Phrontistery) May 23, 2008

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