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Definition of Daemon
1. Noun. An evil supernatural being.
Generic synonyms: Evil Spirit
Specialized synonyms: Incubus, Succuba, Succubus, Dibbuk, Dybbuk
Derivative terms: Demonize, Devilize
2. Noun. A person who is part mortal and part god.
Definition of Daemon
1. Noun. A demon. ¹
2. Noun. (Greek mythology) A lesser deity between men and gods. ¹
3. Noun. One's inner spirit or daimon. ¹
4. Noun. (computing Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Daemon
1. demon [n -S or -ES] - See also: demon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Daemon
Literary usage of Daemon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by George Lyman Kittredge (1892)
"Not yet 243 JAMES HARRIS (THE daemon LOVER) A. A Warning for Married Women, ...
The daemon Lover ' was first published in Scott's Minstrelsy, 5th edition, ..."
2. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"Socrates professed to be always under the direction of such a daemon, who is
alluded to very much by the ancients in their writings and on their medals; ..."
3. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1864)
"THE daemon LOYER. This ballad was communicated to Sir Walter Scott, (Minstrelsy,
iii. 195,) by Mr. William Laidlaw, who took it down from recitation. ..."
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