Amphitryon
Noun
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Noun
Amphitryon (plural Amphitryons)
- (poetic) A host or entertainer.
- 1848, The Knickerbocker (volume 31, page 303)
- With us generally the fault is the other way, and our Amphitryons 'lay on' the beverage too freely, which is also, though not equally, a mistake, for the best champagne when drunk pure, cloys upon the palate sooner than any other wine.
- 1848, The Knickerbocker (volume 31, page 303)
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