doryphore
Meaninga spear-bearer
Common meaning: a spear-bearer
Other meanings: a pedant
- dorya spear shaftLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 209 · scan
- phorebearer (Greek pherein)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek δόρυ ‘a spear shaft’.
Roots
- δόρυ Greek “a spear shaft”
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