Androcles

An·dro·cles

noun \ˈan-drə-ˌklēz\

Definition of ANDROCLES

: a fabled Roman slave spared in the arena by a lion from whose foot he had years before extracted a thorn

Origin of ANDROCLES

Latin, from Greek Androklēs

First Known Use: 1607

Rhymes with ANDROCLES

Ambonese, Annamese, antifreeze, Assamese, Balinese, Bengalese, Bhutanese, Bolognese, Brooklynese, Cantonese, Cervantes, Ceylonese, Chersonese, Congolese, cottage cheese, diocese, expertise, Faeroese, federalese, fifth disease, Genovese, gourmandise, Hebrides, Heracles, Hercules, Hyades, ill at ease, in a breeze, Japanese, Javanese, Johnsonese, journalese, Kanarese, legalese, litotes, manganese, Milanese, Nepalese, Nipponese, overseas, Pekingese, Pericles, Pleiades, Portuguese, Pyrenees, shoot the breeze, Siamese, Sienese, Silures, Sinhalese, Socrates, Sophocles, Sporades, to one's knees