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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tri•dent /ˈtraɪdənt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a three-pronged instrument or weapon.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tri•dent (trīd′nt),USA pronunciation n. - a three-pronged instrument or weapon.
- [Rom. Hist.]a three-pronged spear used by a retiarius in gladiatorial combats.
- [Class. Myth.]the three-pronged spear forming a characteristic attribute of the sea god Poseidon, or Neptune.
- a fish spear having three prongs.
- Military([cap.]) a 34-ft (10-m) submarine-launched U.S. ballistic missile with eight to ten warheads and a range of 6500 mi. (10,459 km).
adj. Also, tri•den•tal(trī den′tl)USA pronunciation. having three prongs or tines.- Latin trident- (stem of tridēns) having three teeth. See tri-, dent2
- 1580–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: trident /ˈtraɪdənt/ n - a three-pronged spear, originally from the East
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin tridēns three-pronged, from tri- + dēns tooth Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Trident /ˈtraɪdənt/ n - a type of US submarine-launched ballistic missile with independently targetable warheads
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