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PYTHONESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles

Synonyms:

Pythia; Pythoness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A witch with powers of divination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

witch (a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil)

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