the god of thunder, depicted as wielding a hammer, emblematic of the thunderbolt
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Thor (thôr),USA pronunciation
n.
- Mythology[Scand. Myth.]the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- Militarya medium-range U.S. Air Force ballistic missile developed in the early 1950s and powered by a single liquid-propellant rocket engine.
- a male given name.
- Old Norse Thōrr literally, thunder
- Old English Thōr bef. 1050
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'Thor' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Donar
- Elli
- Heyerdahl
- Midgard serpent
- Mjolnir
- Para-thor-mone
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- Thursday
- Thurston
- Utgard-Loki
- author catalog
- author's alteration
- proauthor
- quasi-thorough
- thorite
- thorium
- thoron
- thorough
- thorough bass
- thorough brace
- thoroughbred
- thoroughgoing
- thunder
- thunderbolt
- toll thorough