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 Definitions of achilles  [əˈkɪl iz]  

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Definition of 'achilles' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) Achilles
the greatest Greek warrior in the Trojan War and hero of the Iliad, killed when Paris wounded him in the heel, his one vulnerable spot.
Definition of 'achilles' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Achilles
a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'

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