thunder-bearern.
The bearer of thunder, or of thunderbolts, i.e. Jupiter.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Jupiter
Jupiterc1275
Jovec1374
thundererc1374
altitonant?1578
lightener1598
thunder-darter1605
thunder-bearer1608
Saturnian1611
fulminator1613
thunder-mastera1616
fly-way-driver1658
Jupiter Pluvius1864
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 385 I doe not bid the thunder bearer shoote, Nor tell tailes of thee to high Iudging Ioue. View more context for this quotation
1754 M. Morgan Philoclea ii. iii And thou, great thunder-bearer Jove, look down.
Derivatives
ˈthunder-ˌbearing adj. that bears or carries thunder, laden with thunder; also figurative, bearing cannon.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > relating to Jupiter
Jovian1530
thunder-darting1602
jovial1604
altitonant1656
thunder-bearing1661
all-protecting1768
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [adjective] > thunder > laden with
thunder-bearing1661
thunderful1898
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [adjective] > thunder > sending or bearing thunder (of Jove)
altitonant1600
thunder-darting1602
thunder-bearing1661
society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adjective] > armed or provided with firearms > with artillery
artillied1536
artillerieda1578
thunder-bearing1823
1661 T. Ross tr. Silius Italicus Second Punick War iv. 68 Thunder-bearing Birds, descending from The Gods Abodes.
1731 C. Johnson Trag. Medea iii. i O Thunder-bearing Jove, most ancient Cause.
1823 Ld. Byron Island ii. x. 29 The thunder-bearing strangers came In vast canoes begirt with bolts of flame.
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