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noun

Avatar n.

(Hindu Myth.) The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu.

An incarnation, embodiment or personification of a principle, quality, or attitude; used of people, mostly in a positive sense as a manifestation of a behavior or character worthy of admiration. "Martha Stewart, the home-and-hearth avatar whose products are now available at Kmart stores, is making upscale design touches like 200-thread-count cotton bed sheets something that most every American can aspire to."

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Etymology of 'Avatar'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Avatar" Quotes from Famous Books

... waved afar, Far trumpets blown and flags unfurled, And England's name an Avatar Of light and sound throughout the world — Hailed Empress among nations, Queen Enthroned in solemn majesty, On splendid proofs of what has been, And ...

— An Anthology of Australian Verse • Bertram Stevens

... had taken to books and study. He was slow and mild, deprecatory and forgiving. Ward Latisan had those saving qualities in a measure, but he was conscious in himself of the avatar of old John's righteous belligerency ...

— Joan of Arc of the North Woods • Holman Day

... new friend is always a miracle, but at thirty-three years old, such a bird of paradise rising in the sage-brush was an avatar. One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim. King, like Adams, and all their generation, was at that moment passing the critical point of his ...

— The Education of Henry Adams • Henry Adams

Words linked to "Avatar" : Jagannatha, Krishna, Rama, deification, Kalki, Jagganath, Hindu deity, juggernaut