Demon \De"mon\, n. [F. d['e]mon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil
   spirit, fr. Gr. dai`mwn a divinity; of uncertain origin.]
   1. (Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a
      middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.
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            The demon kind is of an intermediate nature between
            the divine and the human.             --Sydenham.
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   2. One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the
      demon of Socrates. [Often written d[ae]mon.]
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   3. An evil spirit; a devil.
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            That same demon that hath gulled thee thus. --Shak.
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	123 Moby Thesaurus words for "demon":
   Baba Yaga, Lilith, Mafioso, Satan, Young Turk, addict, afreet,
   ape-man, atua, barghest, beast, beldam, berserk, berserker, bomber,
   brute, bug, cacodemon, collector, daemon, daeva, damned spirits,
   demonkind, demons, denizens of hell, devil, devil incarnate,
   dragon, dybbuk, eager beaver, energumen, enthusiast, evil genius,
   evil spirit, evil spirits, faddist, fanatic, fiend,
   fiend from hell, fire-eater, firebrand, freak, fury, genie, genius,
   ghoul, goon, gorilla, great one for, gunsel, gyre, hardnose, harpy,
   hell-raiser, hellcat, hellhound, hellion, hellish host, hellkite,
   hobbyist, holy terror, hood, hoodlum, host of hell, hothead,
   hotspur, hound, incendiary, incubus, infatuate,
   inhabitants of Pandemonium, intelligence, jinni, jinniyeh, killer,
   lamia, lost souls, mad dog, madcap, monster, mugger, nut, ogre,
   ogress, powers of darkness, pursuer, rakshasa, rapist,
   revolutionary, rhapsodist, satan, savage, she-wolf, shedu,
   souls in hell, specter, spirit, spitfire, succubus, sucker for,
   supernatural being, termagant, terror, terrorist, the damned,
   the lost, the undead, tiger, tigress, tough, tough guy,
   ugly customer, vampire, violent, virago, visionary, vixen,
   werewolf, wild beast, witch, wolf, yogini, zealot

	

	20 Moby Thesaurus words for "Demon":
   His Satanic Majesty, Lucifer, Satan, Satanas, the Adversary,
   the Arch-fiend, the Common Enemy, the Demon, the Devil,
   the Devil Incarnate, the Evil One, the Evil Spirit, the Fiend,
   the Foul Fiend, the Old Enemy, the Old Serpent, the Tempter,
   the Wicked One, the archenemy, the serpent

	

	Demon
   See DAEMON.