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stentor

sten·tor [ stén tàwr ] (plural sten·tors)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. somebody loud: somebody with a loud powerful voice

2. trumpet-shaped microorganism: a trumpet-shaped protozoan with a mouth at the broad end. Genus Stentor.

[Early 17th century. After Stentor, strong-voiced Greek herald in the Trojan war]
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