| n. | 1. | A herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice. |
| 2. | (Zool.) Any species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to the genus Stentor and allied genera, common in fresh water. The stentors have a bell-shaped, or cornucopia-like, body with a circle of cilia around the spiral terminal disk. See Illust. under Heterotricha. | |
| 3. | (Zool.) A howling monkey, or howler. |
| Noun | 1. | stentor - a speaker with an unusually laoud voice |
| 2. | Stentor - the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes | |
| 3. | stentor - any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor |