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Definition of avatar



Overview of noun avatar

The noun avatar has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. embodiment, incarnation, avatar

(a new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning")

2. avatar

(the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form; "the Buddha is considered an avatar of the god Vishnu")