First Known Use: 1607
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Androcles
noun An·dro·cles \ˈan-drə-ˌklēz\
Definition of ANDROCLES
: a fabled Roman slave spared in the arena by a lion from whose foot he had years before extracted a thorn
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Origin of ANDROCLES
Latin, from Greek Androklēs
Rhymes with ANDROCLES
Ambonese, Annamese, antifreeze, Assamese, Balinese, Bengalese, Bhutanese, Bolognese, Brooklynese, Cantonese, Cervantes, Ceylonese, Chersonese, Congolese, cottage cheese, diocese, expertise, Faeroese, federalese, fifth disease, Genovese, gourmandise, Hebrides, Heracles, Hercules, Hyades, ill at ease, in a breeze, Japanese, Javanese, Johnsonese, journalese, Kanarese, legalese, litotes, manganese, Milanese, Nepalese, Nipponese, overseas, Pekingese, Pericles, Pleiades, Portuguese, Pyrenees, shoot the breeze, Siamese, Sienese, Silures, Sinhalese, Socrates, Sophocles, Sporades, to one's knees
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