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Definition of: Hades
(hā′dēz)
1. In Greek mythology, brother of Zeus, god of the underworld and lord of the dead: identified with the Greek and Roman Pluto and the Roman Dis.
2. The kingdom over which Pluto rules, the abode of the dead. See TARTARUS, ORCUS.
3. Colloq. A euphemism for HELL. [<Gk. Haidēs <a- not + idein see]
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