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Demosthenes
Demosthenes
proper n
Gr. 'strong with the people' <
dēmos
, people +
sthenos
, 'strength, power'
Greek orator (384-322 B.C.); 4<sup>th</sup> century BC Athenian statesman; great speaker who overcame a stuttering problem; [fig.] frog.