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[syn: Satan, Old Nick, Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Beelzebub \Be*el"ze*bub\, n.
The title of a heathen deity to whom the Jews ascribed the
sovereignty of the evil spirits; hence, the Devil or a devil.
See Baal.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Beelzebub
n 1: (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of
evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of
Hell [syn: Satan, Old Nick, Devil, Lucifer,
Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness]