Juno
['dʒu:nəu]
Definition
(noun.) (Roman mythology) queen of the Olympian gods who protected marriage; wife and sister of Jupiter; counterpart of Greek Hera.
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Definition
n. in Roman mythology the wife of Jupiter parallel with the Greek Hera regarded as the special protectress of marriage and the guardian of woman from birth to death: a queenly woman.—adj. Junō′nian.
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Examples
- It is a priest of Juno that stands before me, watching late and lone at a shrine in an Argive temple. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Treasury said, Juno. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Hi, Juno, lass-hi, old girl; down, Daph, down,' said Wardle, caressing the dogs. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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