Ajax
['eidʒæks]
Definition
(noun.) a mythical Greek hero; a warrior who fought against Troy in the Iliad.
Checker: McDonald--From WordNet
Examples
- I am looked upon about here as a second Ajax defying the lightning. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Were not Achilles and Ajax both in love with their servant maids? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- On one shore slept Ajax, and on the other Hecuba. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Checker: Phyllis