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proper noun great, Great Satan
- A source of great evil.
- 1948: w:Mahatma Ghandi, Mahatma Ghandi, Council Bluffs Nonpareil
- :Imperialism is the great Satan of our day.
- (pejorative) The United States of America, usu. from the point of view of Iran, the Middle East, or Muslims in general.
- 2007: Alexander Cockburn, Will they nuke Iran?, The Free Press http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/2/2007/1498
- :Ahmadinejad, facing serious political problems, can posture about standing up to the .
- 2007: Swapan Dasgupta, Muslims aren't the only voters, The Pioneer http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnist1.asp?main_variable=Columnist&file_name=swapan%2Fswapan132.txt&writer=swapan
- :Or, have Muslims been alienated from the Congress because of the Prime Minister's warm embrace of the ?
Etymology: In the sense of the USA, a calque of Persian ÙÙ Ú (Shaytan Bozorg), a name for the largest of the three jamarat at which stones are thrown during the Hajj.
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