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Ariel definition

Ari·el (er′ē əl, ar′-)

noun

  1. in Shakespeare's The Tempest, an airy spirit who is the servant of Prospero
  2. a satellite of the planet Uranus

Etymology: < Gr(Ec) ariēl < Heb ariel, lion of God: a name applied to Jerusalem in the Bible

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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