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The definition of demon
7 Definitions of: demon
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- noun, an evil spirit or devil
- noun, a person, habit, obsession, etc, thought of as evil, cruel, or persistently tormenting
- noun, Also called: daemon, daimon an attendant or ministering spirit; genius
- noun, a) a person who is extremely skilful in, energetic at, or devoted to a given activity, esp a sport b) (as modifier)
- noun, a variant spelling of daemon
- noun, a detective or policeman
- noun, computing a part of a computer program, such as a help facility, that can run in the background behind the current task or application, and which will only begin to work when certain conditions are met or when it is specifically invoked
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