Meaning Of The Word Androcles
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Androcles Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Androcles?
Androcles in American English
a slave who escapes death when thrown into the arena with a lion because the lion recognizes him as the man who once extracted a thorn from its foot noun: a slave who was spared in the arena by a lion from whose foot he had long before extracted a thorn Androcles in British English noun: (in Roman legend) a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had once extracted a thorn |
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