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Achilleans

Achilleans is the plural of Achillean.

Meaning of Achillean

Noun

Achillean (plural Achilleans)

  1. A fighter on the side of Achilles in the Trojan war; an Achaean.
    • [A] singular genius, whose mathematical studies gave him in his own day the reputation of a necromancer, espousing fervently the cause of Hector, called out in a voice of thunder, "Let us see whether the Achilleans can fight as well as speak?"1881, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, The History of Don Quixote of la Mancha, page 453

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Questions about Achilleans

What is Achilleans the plural of?
Achilleans is the plural of Achillean.

Words near Achilleans in the dictionary

  1. achilids
  2. achilixiid
  3. achill
  4. achillea
  5. Achillean
  6. Achilleans
  7. achilleas
  8. achilleate
  9. achilleates
  10. achilleic acid
  11. Achilleid

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