A male person or being whose authority or pre-eminence is comparable to that of a king. Frequently with of. (A title of or name for) a god or…

= demigod, n.

A demigod.

Classical Mythology and Ancient Greek History. A man (or occasionally a woman) of superhuman strength, courage, or ability, favoured by the gods; esp.…

In ancient mythology, etc.: A being partly of divine nature, as one sprung from the intercourse of a deity and a mortal, or a man raised to divine…

A deified hero regarded as a patron deity of his country.

A minor or inferior god; a demigod. See also petit god n. at petit, adj. n.compounds 1.

(under-, prefix1 affix 3a(a).)

A hero, esp. one from classical mythology. Obsolete.

Chiefly humorous. A little god; an inferior god; a god imagined as possessing little power or of diminutive size.

= semigod, n.

A little or inferior god; = godling, n. 1.

A deity of intermediate rank or position; a demigod.

A little or inferior god; = godling, n.

gen. A being who is both a man (i.e. a human being) and a god; (occasionally) a god having the form of a man (i.e. of a male human being).

A petty god; an infant or juvenile god.