ARES

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• ARES (noun)
  The noun ARES has 1 sense:

1. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war; son of Zeus and Hera; identified with Roman Mars

  Familiarity information: ARES used as a noun is very rare.

• ARES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) Greek god of war; son of Zeus and Hera; identified with Roman Mars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

 Context examples 

A metric unit of area equal to 10E4 square meters or to 100 ares.

(Hectare, NCI Thesaurus)