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Mephistopheles

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Noun

1. mephistopheles

evil spirit to whom Faust sold his soul

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mephistopheles

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noun

a devil in medieval mythology and the one to whom Faust sold his soul in the Faust legend

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Mephistopheles

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noun

1.

a devil in medieval legend and later literary and operatic works, to whom Faust, or Faustus, sells his soul for knowledge and power

2.

a crafty, powerful, sardonic person

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Mephistopheles

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n.

The devil in the Faust legend to whom Faust sold his soul.

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