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Sylvanus

[ sil-vey-nuhs ]

noun

plural Sylvani


Sylvanus

/ ɪˈɪə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Silvanus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Sylvanus Thayer, considered the “father of the military academy,” was superintendent in the 1820s.

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He told Togo's President, Sylvanus Olympio, that the reason the US shared one ambassador between Togo and Cameroon was because he did not want his diplomats to "have to live in tents".

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There were also many Numina connected with the life of the household, such as Terminus, Guardian of Boundaries; Priapus, Cause of Fertility; Pales, Strengthener of Cattle; Sylvanus, Helper of Plowmen and Woodcutters.

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The so-called “Thayer System,” established by the Superintendent Sylvanus Thayer in the early 19th Century, is still the form of academic instruction at the Academy.

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I held the gun at my side and stepped behind the cap’n and Sylvanus.

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