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Webster 1913 Edition


Diana

Di-a′na

,
Noun.
[L.
Diana
.]
(Myth.)
The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; – identified with the Greek goddess
Artemis
.
And chaste
Diana
haunts the forest shade.
Pope.
Diana monkey
(Zool.)
,
a handsome, white-bearded monkey of West Africa (
Cercopithecus Diana
).