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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a speaker with an unusually loud voice
2: the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes
3: any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Stent?r Stentor, a Greek herald in the Trojan War noted for his loud voice Date: 1609 1. a person having a loud voice 2. any of a widely distributed genus (Stentor) of ciliate protozoans having a trumpet-shaped body with the mouth at the broad end and with the narrow end often attached to the substrate

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also stentor) a person with a powerful voice. Derivatives: stentorian adj. Etymology: Gk Stentor, herald in the Trojan War (Homer, Iliad v. 785)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stentor Sten"tor, n. [L. Stentor, Gr. ?.] 1. A herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice. 2. (Zo["o]l.) 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. (Zo["o]l.) A howling monkey, or howler.