Middle English: from medieval Latin, from Latin daemon, from Greek daimōndeity, genius; in sense 1 also from Latin daemoniumlesser or evil spirit, from Greek daemonion, diminutive of daimōnlate 19th cent.: apparently from Van DiemensLand, an early name for Tasmania, + man. suppressed?>
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noun
1.one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief