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alastor
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An avenging spirit or deity, variously associated with the Erinyes, Nemesis, and more.
Other meanings
2. noun
In more recent ages, a term of rebuke for a pestilent rascal.
3. noun
A genus of hunting wasp
4. proper noun
Any of several characters in Greek mythology, variously spirit, human, a horse of the underworld.
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