Usually means: Character from Greek mythology, matricide.
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  1. orestes: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Orestes, Orestes: Merriam-Webster
  3. Orestes: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Orestes: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Orestes: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Orestes: Vocabulary.com
  7. Orestes: Wordnik
  8. Orestes: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Orestes: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. Orestes: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Orestes: Dictionary.com
  12. Orestes: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Orestes (5th century general), Orestes (Roman soldier), Orestes (disambiguation), Orestes (father of Romulus Augustulus), Orestes (given name), Orestes (mythology), Orestes (play), Orestes (prefect), Orestes: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Orestes: Rhymezone
  15. Orestes: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  16. orestes: FreeDictionary.org
  17. orestes: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. Orestes: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. Orestes: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Orestes)

noun:  (Greek mythology) The son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother, avenging his father's death, and was then pursued by the Furies.
noun:  A region of Macedonia.
noun:  A town in Indiana.

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