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Strephons

Strephons is the plural of Strephon.

Meaning of Strephon

Noun

Strephon (plural Strephons)

  1. (literary) A male lover.
    • […] those palmy days of pastoral revelry;—when every lover was a Damon or a Strephon, and his beloved a Delia or a Celia.1855, Frederick Lawrence, The life of Henry Fielding

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Questions about Strephons

What is Strephons the plural of?
Strephons is the plural of Strephon.

Words near Strephons in the dictionary

  1. strepadhesin
  2. strepavidin
  3. strepent
  4. streperous
  5. Strephon
  6. Strephons
  7. strephosymbolia
  8. strepitant
  9. strepitantly
  10. strepitous
  11. strepitously

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Strephons (page history and authors); Strephon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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