Demigod

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Demigod \Dem"i*god\, n.
     A half god, or an inferior deity; a fabulous hero, the
     offspring of a deity and a mortal.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  demigod
       n 1: a person with great powers and abilities [syn: {superman}, {Ubermensch}]
       2: a person who is part mortal and part god [syn: {daemon}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "demigod":
     Achilles, David, Hector, Roland, Samson, a man, brave, bulldog,
     chutzpanik, decorated hero, demigoddess, fighting cock, gallant,
     gamecock, god, goddess, godkin, godlet, godling, good soldier,
     hero, heroine, idol, lion, man of courage, paladin, phoenix,
     stalwart, superhuman, the brave, tiger, valiant, valiant knight
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  demigod n. A hacker with years of experience, a world-wide reputation,
     and a major role in the development of at least one design, tool, or
     game used by or known to more than half of the hacker community. To
     qualify as a genuine demigod, the person must recognizably identify with
     the hacker community and have helped shape it. Major demigods include
     Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie (co-inventors of {{Unix}} and {C}),
     Richard M. Stallman (inventor of {EMACS}), Larry Wall (inventor of
     {Perl}), Linus Torvalds (inventor of {Linux}), and most recently James
     Gosling (inventor of Java, {NeWS}, and {GOSMACS}) and Guido van Rossum
     (inventor of {Python}). In their hearts of hearts, most hackers dream of
     someday becoming demigods themselves, and more than one major software
     project has been driven to completion by the author's veiled hopes of
     apotheosis. See also {net.god}, {true-hacker}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  demigod
       
           A hacker with years of experience, a national
          reputation, and a major role in the development of at least
          one design, tool, or game used by or known to more than half
          of the hacker community.  To qualify as a genuine demigod, the
          person must recognisably identify with the hacker community
          and have helped shape it.  Major demigods include {Ken
          Thompson} and {Dennis Ritchie} (co-inventors of {Unix} and
          {C}) and {Richard Stallman} (inventor of {Emacs}).  In their
          hearts of hearts, most hackers dream of someday becoming
          demigods themselves, and more than one major software project
          has been driven to completion by the author's veiled hopes of
          apotheosis.
       
          See also {net.god}, {true-hacker}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1994-10-27)