stentor

Meaning

  1. A person with a powerful or stentorian voice.
  2. Any protozoan of the genus Stentor.
  3. A part of the amplification system of a carillon.
  4. A howler monkey.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Stentōr, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr), the name of a herald in the Iliad who had a loud voice.

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