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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : trahyd-nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtraɪd nt |
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Définition of trident
Origin :- mid-15c., from Latin tridentem (nominative tridens; genitive tridentis) "three-pronged, three-toothed," from tri- "three" (see tri-) + dens (genitive dentis) "tooth" (see tooth). As a type of U.S. nuclear-powered submarine, recorded from 1972.
- As in spear : noun weapon
- To my mind it looketh as much like Neptune's trident as aught else.
- Extract from : « Standish of Standish » by Jane G. Austin
- (c) Conventionalized lily—the prototype of the trident and the thunder-weapon.
- Extract from : « The Evolution of the Dragon » by G. Elliot Smith
- I struck her with this, my trident, on the left leg, if memory serves me.
- Extract from : « Vikram and the Vampire » by Richard F. Burton
- They say, indeed, it is not built on the earth, but on a point of Shiva's trident.
- Extract from : « Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 » by James Kennedy
- On the head is a short, broad, flattened horn, ending in a trident.
- Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre
- Like the king, he was shooting an arrow, the head of which was in the form of a trident.
- Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books, Volume 19 » by Various
- This was the sudden falling of the mainmast of the “Trident.”
- Extract from : « The Lifeboat » by R.M. Ballantyne
- The captain of the “Trident” had caught the rope as Clelland sprang over the side.
- Extract from : « The Lifeboat » by R.M. Ballantyne
- Meanwhile stabs of the trident fixed him time after time to the earth.
- Extract from : « Quo Vadis » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
- Neptune did the same with his trident, and a horse jumped out.
- Extract from : « Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 » by Julia Mary Cartwright
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