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PYTHONESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles
Synonyms:
Pythia; Pythoness
Classified under:
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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