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Definitions of slain
  1. adjective
    killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in
    "slain warriors" "a picture of St. George and the slain dragon"

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  2. noun
    people who have been slain (as in battle)
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  • slain killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in
  • slain people who have been slain (as in battle)
  • orion (Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation
  • pegasus (Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination
  • goliath (Old Testament) a giant Philistine warrior who was slain by David with a slingshot
  • asgard (Norse mythology) the heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes
  • fafnir (Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd
  • medusa (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus
  • minotaur (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus
  • valhalla (Norse mythology) the hall in which the souls of heros slain in battle were received by Odin
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