THOR

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• THOR (noun)
  The noun THOR has 1 sense:

1. (Norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with Teutonic Donar

  Familiarity information: THOR used as a noun is very rare.

• THOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with Teutonic Donar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Norse deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen)

Domain category:

Norse mythology (the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity)

 Context examples 

He looked like a figure of Thor as his untrembling arm rose and fell, driving deeper and deeper the mercy-bearing stake, whilst the blood from the pierced heart welled and spurted up around it.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Here, in the whirlpool of European races, the Ugric tribe bore down from Iceland the fighting spirit which Thor and Wodin gave them, which their Berserkers displayed to such fell intent on the seaboards of Europe, ay, and of Asia and Africa too, till the peoples thought that the were-wolves themselves had come.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)