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Date "CORYPHAEUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Coryphaeus (The) or "Corypheus." The leader and speaker of the chorus in Greek dramas. In modern English it is used to designate the chief speaker and most active member of a board, company, or expedition. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: CORYPHAEUS |
| Specialty definitions using "CORYPHAEUS": Coryphaeus of German Literature. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "CORYPHAEUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kryetar (chairman, chairperson, chief, chieftain, director, elder, governor, head, headman, leader, moderator, president, principal, ringleader, speaker, standard bearer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قائد جوقة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | корифей. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | coryphée (coryphee). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | karvezetõ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oryphaeuscay corifeu, capacidade (ability, aptitude, aptness, art, attainment, bulk, capacity, competency, content, contents, craft, cunning, efficiency, energy, faculty, fitness, genius, head, know-how, load, measure, part, power, proficiency, reach, room, size, tankage), regente (bandmaster, conductor, director, leader, maestro, manager, mastermind, prince, regent, ruler). (various references) corifeu. (various references) корифей. (various references) korifej. (various references) cabeza (bean, chapeau, chump, father, head, lead, nob, noodle, pate, rocker, testa, top). (various references) koryfe (coryphee). (various references) temsilci (agent, ambassador, commissionaire, delegate, deputy, emissary, envoy, nominee, rep, representative, spokesman, substitute), sözcü (announcer, mouthpiece, rapporteur, speaker, spokesman), koro şefi (chorister, conductor, director). (various references) корифей, лідер (center, centre, chief, leader, pacemaker, pacer, pace-setter), диригент хору. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"CORYPHAEUS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Corypha, coryphaues. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-o-p-r-s-u-y" | |
-2 letters: charpoys, euphrasy, poachers, purchase. | |
-3 letters: acerous, apercus, aurochs, carhops, carouse, charpoy, cheapos, choreas, chouser, coprahs, croupes, cyphers, eparchs, eparchy, hyraces, oraches, parches, poacher, poaches, porches, pouches, preachy, recoups, roaches, rouches, scauper, shoepac, uphroes, upreach, yaupers. | |
-4 letters: ahorse, apercu, arches, arouse, ashore, capers, carhop, carpus, causer, causey, cayuse, cerous, cesura, chapes, chares, chaser, cheapo. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-o-p-r-s-u-y" | |
+3 letters: brachypterous, hydrocephalus, hypercautious. | |
+4 letters: pachydermatous, parenchymatous. | |
+5 letters: hydrocephaluses, neuropsychiatry. | |
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