stentor

• Nom désignant une personne dont la voix est exceptionnellement forte et sonore, ou un protozoaire en forme de trompette du genre Stentor.

A noun referring to a person with an exceptionally powerful and resonant voice, or a trumpet-shaped protozoan of the genus Stentor.

1. Loud-voiced speakerC2formal

   A person who has an exceptionally powerful and resonant voice, capable of being heard over great distances.

   Personne à la voix puissante

   • The town crier was a true stentor, his voice carrying across the entire market square.
   • The general, a natural stentor, could command a battalion without a megaphone.
   • In the debate, he proved himself a stentor, drowning out all other speakers.

   Synonymesbawlerloudmouthroarershouterthunderervociferator

2. Trumpet-shaped protozoanC2formalscientific

   A genus of large, trumpet-shaped, single-celled organisms (ciliates) often found in freshwater ponds and lakes.

   stentor (protozoaire)

   • Under the microscope, the stentor contracted into a ball when disturbed.
   • The biology class observed the feeding habits of a stentor in a drop of pond water.
   • Stentors are known for their ability to regenerate from small fragments.