n.
Pronunciation: ' sten- ˌ to ̇ r, -t ə r
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, from Greek Stent ō r Stentor, a Greek herald in the Trojan War noted for his loud voice
Date: 1609
1 : a person having a loud voice
2 : any of a widely distributed genus ( Stentor ) of ciliate protozoans having a trumpet-shaped body with the mouth at the broad end and with the narrow end often attached to the substrate