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DISCOBOLUS

\dɪskəbˈə͡ʊləs], \dɪskəbˈə‍ʊləs], \d_ɪ_s_k_ə_b_ˈəʊ_l_ə_s]\

Definitions of DISCOBOLUS

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English

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A thrower of the discus.
A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A thrower of the discus.
A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

dis-kob'o-lus, n. 'the disc-thrower,' the name of several famous statues of athletes. [L.,--Gr. diskos, a quoit, ballein, to throw.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Ancient quoit-thrower; statue of one in act of throwing. [Latin]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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