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RHADAMANTHUS

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Overview

RHADAMANTHUS (noun)
  The noun RHADAMANTHUS has 1 sense:

1. (Greek mythology) a judge of the dead in the underworldplay

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


English dictionary: Word details


RHADAMANTHUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) a judge of the dead in the underworld

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Rhadamanthus" is a kind of...):

Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)


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