wooden horse
(Trojan Horse, Wooden Horse)
Princeton's WordNet
a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War
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trojan horse
(Trojan Horse, Wooden Horse)
Princeton's WordNet
a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War
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laocoön
(ɪˈɒk oʊˌɒn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a Trojan priest who, after warning against the acceptance of the wooden horse left at Troy by the Greeks, was killed along with his sons by two serpents.
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aeneas
(Aeneas)
Princeton's WordNet
a mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War; hero of the Aeneid
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hector
(ˈhɛk tər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the eldest son of Priam and greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, in the course of which he was killed by Achilles.
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hector
(Hector)
Princeton's WordNet
(Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War
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paris
(ˈpær ɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a Trojan prince, son of Priam and Hecuba, whose abduction of Helen led to the Trojan War.
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cressida
(ˈkrɛs ɪ də)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(in medieval adaptations of the story of the Trojan wars) a Trojan woman portrayed as the lover of Troilus, whom she deserts for Diomedes.
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laocoon
(Laocoon)
Princeton's WordNet
(Greek mythology) the priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts when they wanted to accept the Trojan Horse; a god who favored the Greeks (Poseidon or Athena) sent snakes who coiled around Laocoon and his two twin sons killing them
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four horsemen
(Four Horsemen)
Princeton's WordNet
(New Testament) the four evils that will come at the end of the world: conquest rides a white horse; war a red horse; famine a black horse; plague a pale horse
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trojan war
(Trojan War)
Princeton's WordNet
(Greek mythology) a great war fought between Greece and Troy; the Greeks sailed to Troy to recover Helen of Troy, the beautiful wife of Menelaus who had been abducted by Paris; after ten years the Greeks (via the Trojan Horse) achieved final victory and burned Troy to the ground
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dardanian
Webster Dictionary
trojan
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laocoon
Webster Dictionary
a priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.)
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troic
Webster Dictionary
pertaining to Troy; Trojan
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myrmidon
Webster Dictionary
one of a fierce tribe or troop who accompained Achilles, their king, to the Trojan war
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hack
Webster Dictionary
a horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses
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thiller
Webster Dictionary
the horse which goes between the thills, or shafts, and supports them; also, the last horse in a team; -- called also thill horse
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triple-crown
(triple crown)
Princeton's WordNet
(horse racing) a title won by a horse that can win the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness
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triple crown
(triple crown)
Princeton's WordNet
(horse racing) a title won by a horse that can win the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness
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bit
(bit)
Princeton's WordNet
piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding
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swingletree
(whiffletree, whippletree, swingletree)
Princeton's WordNet
a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling
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whiffletree
(whiffletree, whippletree, swingletree)
Princeton's WordNet
a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling
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whippletree
(whiffletree, whippletree, swingletree)
Princeton's WordNet
a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling
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diomedes
(ˌdaɪ əˈmi diz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a Greek hero in the Trojan War.
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curb
(curb, curb bit)
Princeton's WordNet
a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
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curb bit
(curb, curb bit)
Princeton's WordNet
a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
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nestor
(ˈnɛs tər, -tɔr)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War.
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hecuba
(ˈhɛk yʊ bə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the wife of the Trojan king Priam.
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stoneroot
Webster Dictionary
a North American plant (Collinsonia Canadensis) having a very hard root; horse balm. See Horse balm, under Horse
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hippodrome
(hippodrome)
Princeton's WordNet
a stadium for horse shows or horse races
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