trident
Definition of trident
1 : a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune)
2 : a 3-pronged spear (as for fishing)
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Recent Examples of trident from the Web
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell no Tales PG-13 In this fifth installment, Captain Jack takes his men on a search for Poseidon’s trident.
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BOX OFFICE LEADERS Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell no Tales PG-13 In this 5th installment, Captain Jack takes his men on a search for Poseidon’s tridentGuardians of the Galaxy Vol.
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Captain Jack Sparrow searches for the trident of Poseidon.
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The plot, frankly, is largely beside the point, with the trident serving roughly the same purpose as what Hitchcock called the MacGuffin -- any priceless artifact to set the chase in motion.
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Henry believes the notorious Jack Sparrow (Depp) will help him find the trident of Poseidon to break the curse.
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Jack, anxious to free his beloved ship, the Black Pearl, from a curse that turned it into a tiny ship in a bottle, joins Henry and Carina on their quest to find the trident.
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In this installment, Captain Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp, searches for the trident of Poseidon.
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Did You Know?
A trident has three prongs or teeth, as the root dent, "tooth", tells us. The trident has long been used to spear fish in different parts of the world, so there's no mystery about why the Greek sea god Poseidon and his Roman counterpart Neptune both carry a trident as their symbol. In some gladiator exhibitions in ancient Rome, one gladiator, called a retiarius ("net man"), would be equipped as though he were a fisherman, with a weighted net and a trident; with his net he would snare his sword-wielding opponent, and with his trident he would spear his helpless foe.
Origin and Etymology of trident
Latin trident-, tridens, from trident-, tridens having three teeth, from tri- + dent-, dens tooth — more at tooth
trident
Definition of trident
: having three teeth, processes, or points
Recent Examples of trident from the Web
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Time is of the essence: The commercial season for Pacific whiting, the kind of fish the Trident plant in Newport is equipped to process, opens Monday.
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Today, American Ohio-class and British Vanguard-class submarines are equipped with a sixth-generation Trident weapons system.
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Origin and Etymology of trident
Latin trident-, tridens
TRIDENT Defined for English Language Learners
trident
Definition of trident for English Language Learners
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: a spear that has three points and that looks like a large fork
TRIDENT Defined for Kids
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Definition of trident for Students
: a spear with three prongs
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