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Damocles > pronunciation
Soundsdae'mahkliy.z
RhymesAchilles, always, amenities, and 107 more rhymes in iyz...
Damocles > noun, person
MeaningThe Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC).
Instance ofcourtier

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