Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Greek & Roman Mythology A three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- proper n. A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae — certain water snakes..
- proper n. The three-headed dog who guards the entrance to Hades; and one of the many offspring of Echidna and Typhon.
- proper n. A former constellation of the northern sky, near Hercules.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A monster, in the shape of a three-headed dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, Hence: Any vigilant custodian or guardian, esp. if surly.
- n. A genus of East Indian serpents, allied to the pythons; the bokadam.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In class. myth., the watch-dog of the infernal regions, the offspring of the giant Typhaon and the serpent-woman Echidna.
- n. In herpetology, a genus of East Indian serpents, related to the pythons, having the head entirely covered with small scales.
- n. A constellation of Hevelius, formed out of four small stars of the constellation Hercules, and now obsolete.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. (Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon
Etymologies
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Cerberus is planning a revival of Chrysler Financial, the auto lender whose core business was effectively dissolved by the U.S. Treasury.
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Marlin might not have been able to sustain itself and either gone under or fallen to a foreign firm (Yes, I know Cerberus is a Multinational conglomerate but they are headquartered here.) such as Hyundai, Mizuono etc.
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(Wolfe's classic The Fifth Head of Cerberus is dedicated "To Damon Knight, who one well-remembered June evening in 1966 grew me from a bean.")
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Eastman and Laird also infused influences from Frank Miller's Ronin and drew from the popular title Cerberus as well.
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(Cerberus is on pace to own everything on Earth by 2020.
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Mr. Feinberg continues at the helm of Cerberus, which is perhaps better known for its private-equity investments but which also has a sizeable hedge-fund portfolio.
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If Ben does perhaps control Cerberus aka “Smokey” then why would he have had the following killed?
The Tail Section » Episode 4.9 “The Shape of Things to Come” Afterthoughts
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If Ben does perhaps control Cerberus aka "Smokey" then why would he have had the following killed?
The Tail Section » Readers Theorize About “The Shape of Things to Come”
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That said, they had no shame in coming to the United States government for a handout even though they were a wholly owned entity of Cerberus, which is evidently otherwise flush with cash.
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Cerberus, which is owed billions decided to stay on the sidelines, given their culpability in the whole affair, but they were hoping that the dissidents would prevail.
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