VULCAN

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

1. (Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working; counterpart of Greek Hephaestus

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

• VULCAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working; counterpart of Greek Hephaestus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Roman deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans)

Domain category:

Roman mythology (the mythology of the ancient Romans)

 Context examples 

I never thought of it, before; but you certainly are rather like Vulcan, sir.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The plains south of the Charon’s canyon — informally referred to as Vulcan Planum — have fewer large craters than the regions to the north, indicating that they are noticeably younger.

(Pluto’s Big Moon Charon Reveals a Colorful and Violent History, NASA)

Your eyes dwell on a Vulcan,—a real blacksmith, brown, broad-shouldered: and blind and lame into the bargain.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)