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Spartan naval leader
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lysander
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Lysander ( or ; died 395 BC, , Lýsandros ) was a Spartan admiral who commanded the Spartan fleet in the Hellespont which defeated the Athenians at Aegospotami in 405 BC. The following year, he was able to force the Athenians to capitulate, bringing the ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
masc. proper name, from Greek Lysandros , literally "releasing men," from comb. form of lyein "to release" (see lose ) + -andros "man" (see anthropo- ).
Usage examples of lysander.
No transport and no way of reaching his rendezvous with that Lysander now.
Due to bad weather, their Lysander pick-up had to be aborted, so they asked us for help.
She arranged a holiday in Paris and a Lysander aircraft was sent to pick her up.
But in fact, the car was looked after for her and she was taken by truck to the field where the Lysander was to put down.
The Lysander, a squat, ugly high-wing monoplane was standing outside, a couple of RAF mechanics working on her.
They drove straight to the usual departure point where the Lysander already waited, a couple of mechanics standing beside it.
Edge stood outside the hangar at Cold Harbour and watched the Lysander lift off into the fog that was rolling in from the sea as Grant began the return journey to Croydon.
When SOE had flown him out in the Lysander, he had thought that that had been the end of Lisette, too.
Colonel Lysander Stark had said that it was only seven miles, but I should think, from the rate that we seemed to go, and from the time that we took, that it must have been nearer twelve.
Colonel Lysander Stark sprang out, and, as I followed after him, pulled me swiftly into a porch which gaped in front of us.
Colonel Lysander Stark and a short thick man with a chinchilla beard growing out of the creases of his double chin, who was introduced to me as Mr.
I inquired of him whether he had ever heard of Colonel Lysander Stark.
Mistaking Lysander for Demetrius, Puck anoints the eyes of Lysander, who awakes and declares his love for Helena.
He notices Lysander and Hermia, assumes incorrectly they are Demetrius and Helena, and anoints Lysander's eyes with the magic juice.
Then, as Lysander shoved the file viciously back into the drawer, he caught sight of a photograph that had fallen on to the floor and nearly blacked out.