Hellhound

2 definitions found

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

  Hellhound \Hell"hound`\, n. [AS. hellehund.]
     A dog of hell; an agent of hell.
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           A hellhound, that doth hunt us all to death. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hellhound
       n 1: a very evil man
       2: (Greek mythology) 3-headed dog guarding the entrance to
          Hades; son of Typhon [syn: {Cerberus}]