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What does Androcles mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Androcles? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. The main character of a common folktale that is included in the Aarne–Thompson classification system as type 156.
Name
  1. A male given name of Greek origin.
    1. (meaning, history) A man, and glory. A figure from Roman legend.
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A Slave named Androcles once escaped from his master and fled to the forest.
Said to have been f. by Amazons, or by Androcles, son of Codrus.
Addison, in the 139th Guardian, has given us the story of Androcles and the Lion.
The lion gave a bound, and came within five yards of Androcles.
In Aesop's Fables, Androcles saved his own life by removing the thorn from the paw of his natural enemy, the lion.
And Androcles looked up to the Romans, and found no mercy in them.

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