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Achilles.

A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp.

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name/əˈkɪliːz/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp.

    Greek
  2. A male given name from Ancient Greek.

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  3. The Greek camp Trojan asteroid 588 Achilles.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin Achillēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

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