First Known Use: circa 1556
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Telemachus
noun Te·lem·a·chus \tə-ˈle-mə-kəs\
Definition of TELEMACHUS
: the son of Odysseus and Penelope who contrives with his father to slay his mother's suitors
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Origin of TELEMACHUS
Latin, from Greek Tēlemachos
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