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stentors

stentors is the plural of stentor.

Meaning of stentor

Noun

stentor (plural stentors)

  1. A person with a powerful or stentorian voice.
    • Rogues, hellhounds, Stentors, out of my doors, you sons of noise and tumult, begot on an ill May Day, or when the galley-foist is afloat to Westminster!1609, Ben Jonson, Epicoene Act IV, Scene II, 1989, Johanna Procter (editor), The Selected Plays of Ben Jonson, Volume 1, page 381
  2. Any protozoan of the genus Stentor.
    • Ere long a solitary amœba and stentor were found engaged in a struggle, which continued for some time with varying success, finally ending with the escape of the latter.1894, James H. Logan, Observations on Amœba and Stentor: Western Druggist, volume 16, page 7
  3. A part of the amplification system of a carillon.
    • The unit is completely automatic in operation and tower stentors, matching the power output of the amplifier, are provided for roof or tower mounting.1956, College and University Business, volume 21, page 65
  4. A howler monkey.

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Questions about stentors

What is stentors the plural of?
Stentors is the plural of stentor.

Words near stentors in the dictionary

  1. stentorious
  2. stentoriously
  3. stentoriousness
  4. Stentoronic
  5. stentorophonic
  6. stentors
  7. stents
  8. Stenzel
  9. Stenzels
  10. step
  11. step aerobics

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