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Definition of oread : One of the nymphs of mountains and grottoes.

Synonyms:

hamadryad, dryad, wood nymph, naiad

Usage examples:

• Men were all about us at their affairs with Nature's face; and here stood I, a man of themselves, and at my feet the Oread lay at ease and watched her young. - "Lore of Proserpine", Maurice Hewlett.
• I used rather to like Solitude- to fancy her a somewhat quiet and serious, yet fair nymph; an Oread, descending to me from lone mountain- passes, something of the blue mist of hills in her array and of their chill breeze in her breath, but much also of their solemn beauty in her mien. - "Shirley", Charlotte Brontë.
• I never ventured to read them to my Oread or fellow students. - "Confessions of Boyhood", John Albee.