[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- Usually with capital initial. An avenging demon or god. More generally: any avenger of wrongs committed; an agent of retribution.


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century; earliest use found in Philemon Holland (1552–1637), translator. From ancient Greek ἀλάστωρ avenging deity, of uncertain origin; perhaps from ἀ- + the stem of λανθανεῖν to escape the notice of, λαθεῖν (aorist) to be hidden + -τωρ, suffix forming agent nouns