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CORYPHAEUS

Date "CORYPHAEUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references)


Specialty Definition: CORYPHAEUS

DomainDefinition

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.

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Crosswords: CORYPHAEUS

Specialty definitions using "CORYPHAEUS": Coryphaeus of German Literature. (references)

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Modern Translation: CORYPHAEUS

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

   

Portuguese

  

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)

   

Romanian

  

corifeu. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

корифей. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

korifej. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cabeza (bean, chapeau, chump, father, head, lead, nob, noodle, pate, rocker, testa, top). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

koryfe (coryphee). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

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)

   

Ukrainian

  

корифей, лідер (center, centre, chief, leader, pacemaker, pacer, pace-setter), диригент хору. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: CORYPHAEUS

Misspellings

"CORYPHAEUS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Corypha, coryphaues. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: CORYPHAEUS

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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