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Avenger

Avenger \A*ven"ger\, n.

  1. One who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood.

  2. One who takes vengeance. [Obs.]
    --Milton.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
avenger

1530s, agent noun from avenge (v.). Spenser (1596) has avengeress but no mention of Mrs. Peel.\n

Wiktionary
avenger

n. 1 One who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood. 2 One who takes vengeance.

WordNet
avenger

n. someone who takes vengeance [syn: retaliator]

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Avenger (pulp-magazine character)

The Avenger is a fictional character whose original adventures appeared between September 1939 and September 1942 in the pulp magazine The Avenger, published by Street & Smith. Five additional short stories were published in Clues Detective magazine (1942–1943), and a sixth novelette in The Shadow magazine in 1943. Newly written adventures were commissioned and published by Warner Brother's Paperback Library from 1973 to 1974. The Avenger was a pulp hero who combined elements of Doc Savage and the Shadow.

The authorship of the pulp series was credited by Street & Smith to Kenneth Robeson, the same byline that appeared on the Doc Savage stories. The "Kenneth Robeson" name was a house pseudonym used by a number of different Street & Smith writers. Most of the original Avenger stories were written by Paul Ernst.

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Avenger (Forsyth novel)

Avenger is a political thriller novel by Frederick Forsyth published in September 2003. This was adapted for television in the 2006 film Avenger starring Sam Elliott.

Avenger (anime)

is an anime series, produced by Bandai Visual, Bee Train and Xebec, and directed by Koichi Mashimo. It is set on post-apocalyptic colonized Mars. The series premiered across Japan between 1 October 2003 and 24 December 2003 on the TV Tokyo network. It was later licensed for North American distribution by Bandai's distributive unit across the region, Bandai Entertainment.

Avenger (Shatner novel)

Avenger is a Star Trek novel by William Shatner (co-written with Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens), depicting the events shortly after the feature film Star Trek Generations and the previous " Shatnerverse" novel The Return. It is a direct sequel to the latter, and forms part of the "Shatnerverse" collection of novels, being the third novel written by Shatner for the Trek series of novels. It was published in 1997 by Pocket Books.

Avenger (1981 video game)

VIC Avenger is a Space Invaders clone published by Commodore for the VIC-20. A year later it was released for the Commodore 64.

Cartridge Number VIC-1901.

Category:1981 video games Category:Commodore VIC-20 games Category:Commodore 64 games Category:Fixed shooters Category:Video game clones

Avenger (German band)
Avenger (British band)

Avenger are a heavy metal band from Newcastle, England. Associated with the new wave of British heavy metal scene, they released two albums in the 1980s before splitting up. The band reunited in 2005.

Avenger (truck)

The Avenger monster truck, piloted by Columbus, Michigan native Jim Koehler, was created in 1996. The original truck sported a forest green Chevrolet S10 body style and a teal chassis and rims. With the exception of World Finals 14, the Avenger truck has always sorted at least three flaming skulls (one on each ide and one on the hood) and flowing flames running from he wheel wells. As time passed, the S10 body was replaced by a 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Air body with bright green headlights, which is the same body style that is run today by "Mr. Excitement." Avenger is out of the Team Scream stable, which also features the Brutus, Mega-Bite, Spike, and Wrecking Crew monster trucks. The original Avenger chassis is currently run as Wrecking Crew by Steve Koehler, Jim's brother.

Avenger and Jim Koehler is one of only two teams to have competed in every Monster Jam World Finals, with the other being Tom Meents with his various trucks. The World Finals is the home to various versions of the Avenger truck, which are as followed:

Forest Green S10
Forest Green Bel-Air
Orange Bel-Air
Chrome Bel-Air
Half Forest Green and Half Orange Bel-Air
Neon Green Bel-Air
"Scuba" Blue Bel-Air
Black "Rat Rod" Bel-Air
Red "Las Vegas" Bel-Air
Yellow "Two Time Champion" Bel-Air
"Garners" Candy Apple Red Bel-Air
Fox Sports 1 Purple Bel-Air
Overbored Style White Bel-Air

Avenger has taken several titles over the years, but none shine brighter than his two Monster Jam World Finals Freestyle Championships. Won in 2003 with the original Forest Green Bel-Air and teal chassis, Jim shocked the Monster Jam World by being the first Freestyle Champion not named Dennis Anderson or Tom Meents. In 2012 with his Red "Las Vegas" Avenger, Jim tied with Cam McQueen in the Nitro Circus Monster Truck in the Freestyle competition, edging out McQueen to claim his second Freestyle title, making Jim Koehler one of only two drivers to have more than one Freestyle title at the World Finals, the other being Tom Meents.

In 2009, Avenger went places that it had never ventured before with the debut of Aussie Avenger, built specifically for the Extreme Monster Trucks Australia tour. This truck featured a bright orange chassis as well as canary yellow rims, with a classic 1957 Chevy Bel-Air body. Jim traveled "Down Under" for the South Pacific Finals 2where he continued the tradition of American drivers bringing home the Australian championships with his Freestyle victory. In 2010, Jim returned to Brisbane for the South Pacific Finals 3 to defend his Freestyle Championship. "Mr. Excitement" held true to his name by taking a second straight championship in freestyle. In 2016 he is driving in the Fox Sports 1 Championship Series.

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Avenger (2006 film)

Avenger is a 2006 television film starring Sam Elliott and Timothy Hutton, based on the novel Avenger by Frederick Forsyth.

Avenger (record producer)

Sanjeewa Chandrasiri, professionally known as Avenger, is an electronic music producer from Colombo, Sri Lanka. Avenger is primarily involved with producing trance music, although he has production credits for ambient and experimental electronic music as well. His music is influenced by Armin Van Buuren, Paul Van Dyk, Daniel Kandi, Nitrous Oxide, Sean Tyas. Avenger's first commercially successful productions include: "Phoebe", "Music Box", "Pegasus", "Blue Sun", "Spherria", "Celestus", and his collaboration with Hodel in 2009; "Rebirth". Avenger credits his increased popularity to Armin van Buuren's trance music radio show, A State of Trance. Top artists like Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, Aly & Fila, Sean Tyas, Nitrous Oxide, Roger Shah, Robert Nickson, Daniel Kandi, Ferry Tayle and Manuel Le Saux have supported his music.

Usage examples of "avenger".

It was a funny, rather smelly little place, and she hurried as much as she could, the more so that the foreigner who served her insisted on telling her some of the strange, peculiar details of this Avenger murder which had taken place forty-eight hours before, and in which Bunting took such a morbid interest.

When Bunting began to ask Joe Chandler about the last of those awful Avenger murders, she even listened with a certain languid interest to all he had to say.

He supposed she was still resentful of the way he had spoken to her about young Chandler and the new Avenger murder.

She was not the only woman in London who had got the Avenger murders on her nerves.

And, of course--leastways to my thinking--The Avenger is a madman--one of the cunning, quiet sort.

The Avenger what sent that letter here, but it looks uncommonly like it, and I know that the Boss attaches quite a lot of importance to it.

Sir--During the last day or two several of the more Intelligent of my acquaintances have suggested that The Avenger, whoever he may be, must be known to a certain number of persons.

It seemed strange that The Avenger had stayed his hand, for, as Joe had said only last evening, it was full time that he should again turn that awful, mysterious searchlight of his on himself.

Bunting always visioned The Avenger as a black shadow in the centre a bright blinding light--but the shadow had no form or definite substance.

By this time she was out in the street again, and she began mentally counting up the number of murders The Avenger had committed.

She remembered what young Chandler had said the other day--that there had never been, in the history of the world, so strange a murderer as The Avenger had proved himself to be.

And this time The Avenger has surpassed himself as regards his audacity and daring--so cold in its maniacal fanaticism and abhorrent wickedness.

Perhaps it was the sudden, dramatic change from agonising anxiety to peace and security which had been too much for Ellen--yes, that was what was the matter with her, that and the universal excitement about these Avenger murders, which were shaking the nerves of all London.

She was as keen as anyone could be to hear the latest details of an Avenger crime.

She turned over the big sheets, until she found, at the foot of one of the ten columns devoted to The Avenger and his crimes, the information she wanted, and then uttered an exclamation under her breath.