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Protagoras

Protagoras proper noun: a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, who famously said "man is the measure of all things".

Proper noun

Protagoras

  1. A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, who famously said "man is the measure of all things".

Origin of Protagoras

From Ancient Greek Πρωταγόρας (Prōtagóras).

Questions about Protagoras

What does Protagoras mean?
Protagoras means a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, who famously said "man is the measure of all things".
What part of speech is Protagoras?
Protagoras is a proper noun.

Words near Protagoras in the dictionary

  1. protagonized
  2. protagonizes
  3. protagonizing
  4. protagons
  5. Protagoran
  6. Protagoras
  7. Protagorean
  8. Protagoreanism
  9. Protagorian
  10. protagrypnine
  11. protagrypnines

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