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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sten·tor /ˈstɛnˌtɔr, tɚ/
 聲音洪亮的人

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sten·tor n.
 1. A herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice.
 2. Zool. Any species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to the genus Stentor and allied genera, common in fresh water. The stentors have a bell-shaped, or cornucopia-like, body with a circle of cilia around the spiral terminal disk. See Illust. under Heterotricha.
 3. Zool. A howling monkey, or howler.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 stentor
      n 1: a speaker with an unusually laoud voice
      2: the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who
         died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes
      3: any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are
         members of the genus Stentor