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Meaning of THUNDERER

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a noisemaker that makes a sound like thunder
  2. [n]  an epithet for Jupiter
 
 Synonyms: Jupiter Tonans
 
 See Also: Jove, Jupiter, noisemaker

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Thun"der*er\, n.
One who thunders; -- used especially as a translation of L.
tonans, an epithet applied by the Romans to several of their
gods, esp. to Jupiter.

      That dreadful oath which binds the Thunderer. --Pope.

 

 

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