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Definition of Damon
1. Noun. The friend of Phintias who pledged his life that Phintias would return (4th century BC).
Definition of Damon
1. Proper noun. (Ancient Greek male given name) ¹
2. Proper noun. (surname A=An English and Scottish patronymic from=given names) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Damon
Literary usage of Damon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1873)
"By Norwood Damon. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown. 1841. 8vo, pp. ...
18368 Damon. An Historical Address delivered at Holden, Mass., May 4, 1841, ..."
2. The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: From the Best Writers by Lindley Murray (1828)
"It were not just that Damon should suffer,to deliver me from the death which ...
It is unjust, in the same degree, to inflict death either on Damon or on ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"WHY, Damon, write you Laura's name In snowy ... Damon. Too true: yet tho' her
name dissolves, The shining drops shall not be lost: I'll drink them as they ..."
4. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1844)
"At page 164 of the first volume of the Cyclopaedia, it is stated that "' Damon
and Pythias,' the first English tragedy upon a classical subject, ..."
5. Publications by Musical Antiquarian Society (1845)
"Chambers in their Cyclopaedia of Literature, relating to Damon and Pythias.
My love for our old English drama is the sole reason of my pointing out a ..."
6. The Boston Directory (1862)
"88 Lexington, EB Damon Howard F. physician and superintendent Daly John, tailor,
house 8 Richmond Daly John, tailor, house 4 Doherty court, EB Daly John, ..."
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