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amphitryons

amphitryons is the plural of amphitryon.

Meaning of amphitryon

Noun

amphitryon (plural amphitryons)

  1. (poetic) A host or entertainer.
    • Our amphitryon emptied into it six bottles of Bordeaux, four of sherry, and two of rum, sweetening and seasoning the whole with sugar and nutmeg.1875, Paul Marcoy, Travels in South America, page 96

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Noun capitalized: Amphitryons

Amphitryons

  1. (plural) plural of Amphitryon

Questions about amphitryons

What is amphitryons the plural of?
Amphitryons is the plural of amphitryon.
What part of speech is amphitryons?
Amphitryons is a noun.

Words near amphitryons in the dictionary

  1. amphitropism
  2. amphitropous
  3. amphitropously
  4. amphitryon
  5. amphitryonic
  6. amphitryons
  7. amphitype
  8. amphitypes
  9. amphiuma
  10. amphiumas
  11. amphiumid

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