noun
(also phallophoros)
A person carrying a phallus, especially as part of a festival of Dionysus in ancient Greece.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881), author, biographer, and historian. From post-classical Latin phallophorus person carrying a phallus and its etymon Hellenistic Greek ϕαλλοϕόρος bearing a phallus from ancient Greek ϕαλλός penis + -ϕόρος.
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