Usually means: Hero, Medusa slayer, Greek mythology.
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  1. perseus: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Perseus, Perseus: Merriam-Webster
  3. Perseus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Perseus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Perseus: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Perseus: Vocabulary.com
  7. Perseus: Wordnik
  8. Perseus: Wiktionary
  9. Perseus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Perseus: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. Perseus: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Perseus: Dictionary.com
  13. Perseus: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Perseus (astronomy), Perseus (constellation), Perseus (disambiguation), Perseus (geometer), Perseus (missile), Perseus (munition), Perseus (mythology), Perseus (son of Nestor), Perseus (spy), Perseus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Perseus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. perseus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. Perseus: Rhymezone
  18. Perseus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. Perseus: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  20. perseus: FreeDictionary.org
  21. perseus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. Perseus: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. Perseus: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Perseus (Greek mythology), Perseus (mythology), Perseus: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PERSEUS: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

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  1. perseus: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Perseus)

▸ noun:  (Greek mythology) The mythological Greek warrior who slew the Gorgon Medusa by decapitating her. He married Andromeda after rescuing her from Ceto and founded Mycenae. He was the son of Zeus and Danae.
▸ noun:  (astronomy) An autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero. It includes the stars Algenib, Algol, and Mirfak.
▸ noun:  The last Antigonid king of Macedonia, Perseus of Macedon.

Similar:
Andromeda, Danae, Perses, Medusa, Alcmene, Danaë, Theseus, Zagreus, myrmidon, Chrysaor, more...

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constellation, star, planet, satellite, asteroid, comet, meteor, meteorite, more...

Phrases:
Perseus Arm, Perseus Cluster, perseus a, Perseus with the Head of Medusa, Perseus of Macedon, more...

Adjectives:
young, youthful, greek, brave, gallant, little, macedonian, new, invisible, good, victorious

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    midnight blue,     silver,     starry night,     cosmic purple,     celestial white, more...
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Similar:
Andromeda, Danae, Perses, Medusa, Alcmene, Danaë, Theseus, Zagreus, myrmidon, Chrysaor, more...

Types:
constellation, star, planet, satellite, asteroid, comet, meteor, meteorite, more...

Phrases:
Perseus Arm, Perseus Cluster, perseus a, Perseus with the Head of Medusa, Perseus of Macedon, F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate, Medusa with the Head of Perseus, Perseus Project, Perseus Books Group, star in perseus, more...

Adjectives:
young, youthful, greek, brave, gallant, little, macedonian, new, invisible, good, victorious

Colors:
    midnight blue,     silver,     starry night,     cosmic purple,     celestial white, more...



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