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DAMON
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• DAMON (noun)
The noun DAMON has 1 sense:
1. the friend of Phintias who pledged his life that Phintias would return (4th century BC)
Familiarity information: DAMON used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
The friend of Phintias who pledged his life that Phintias would return (4th century BC)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
friend (a person you know well and regard with affection and trust)
Context examples
Such unscientific balderdash, added the doctor, flushing suddenly purple, would have estranged Damon and Pythias.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing cancer research.
(Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, NCI Thesaurus)
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