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oread


noun

  1. Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.

noun

  1. Greek myth a mountain nymph

n.1580s, from Latin Oreas (genitive Oreadis), from Greek Oreias “mountain nymph,” from oros “mountain,” probably from PIE root *er-/*or- “to raise” (cf. Sanskrit rsvah “high,” Latin oriri “to raise;” see orchestra).

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