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Definition of Demigod
1. Noun. A person with great powers and abilities.
2. Noun. A person who is part mortal and part god.
Definition of Demigod
1. n. A half god, or an inferior deity; a fabulous hero, the offspring of a deity and a mortal.
Definition of Demigod
1. Noun. A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal. ¹
2. Noun. A lesser deity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Demigod
1. a lesser god [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demigod
Literary usage of Demigod
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Court of the Tuileries from the Restoration to the Flight of Louis Philippe by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1897)
"demigod for the People. — Sympathy with the Greeks.— Doubt and Disquietude.
— A Most Gracious Reception. — A Flattering Distinction. — Congenial Sentiments. ..."
2. Lectures, Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the World's Famous by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"... forms the background of the place, and in the glow of sunset towers above the
darkened village like the funeral pyre of some old Scandinavian demigod. ..."
3. Anthology of Modern Slavonic Literature in Prose and Verse by Paul Selver (1919)
"... THE demigod. AT wealthy Corinth, in the house of Megacles, the highly revered,
the minstrels stood and chanted their melodies. ..."
4. Bhagavad-Gita as It is by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1989)
"A person wanting some particular thing may worship such and such a demigod.
For example, a diseased person is recommended to worship the sun-god; ..."
5. Christopher in His Sporting Jacket by John Wilson (1901)
"—and lies at last in all her glorious length and breadth of beaming beauty, fit
prey for giant or demigod angling before the Flood! ..."
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