Trident Definition

trīdnt
tridentate, tridents
noun
A three-pronged spear used by the retiarius in ancient Roman gladiatorial combats.
Webster's New World
A three-pronged fish spear.
Webster's New World
A three-pronged spear borne as a scepter by the sea god Poseidon, or Neptune.
Webster's New World

(geometry) A curve of third order, having three infinite branches in one direction and a fourth infinite branch in the opposite direction.

Wiktionary
adjective
Having three teeth, prongs, or similar protrusions.
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Other Word Forms of Trident

Noun

Singular:
trident
Plural:
tridents

Origin of Trident

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin tridēns trident- tri- tri- dēns tooth dent- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin tridÄ“ns, from trÄ“s (“three") + dÄ“ns (“tooth").

    From Wiktionary

Trident Sentence Examples

  • Nereus is represented with the sceptre and trident; the Nereids are depicted as graceful maidens, lightly clad or naked, riding on tritons and dolphins.

  • In his hand, Neptune held a huge trident.

  • The Trident was CAAC's first western built short haul jet airliner.

  • Wilfred Tomkinson (" Phoebe," North Star," Trident," Mansfield," Whirlwind," Myngs," Velox," Morris Moorsom Melpomene, "Tempest" and "Tetrarch" to escort the force and cover it to seaward; "Termagant," "Truculent" and "Manly" to screen the Zeebrugge monitors).

  • He is generally naked; his right leg rests on a rock or the prow of a ship; he carries a trident in his hand, and is gazing in front of him, apparently out to sea; sometimes he is standing on the water, swinging his trident, or riding in his chariot over the waves, accompanied by his wife Amphitrite, the Nereids and other inhabitants of the sea.

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