# Damocles

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #75,786

## Definitions
1. A courtier said to have lived at the court of Dionysius II of Syracuse.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Dāmoclēs.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/damocles