DEMON

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology. The demon kind is of an inSydenham.

2.
n.

One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the demon of Socrates. [Often written dæmon.]

3.
n.

An evil spirit; a devil. That same demon that hath gulled thee thus. Shak.