[a. Gr. ἀγαθοδαίμων, f. ἀγαθό-ς good + δαίμων a spirit.] A good divinity or genius.
1836. Landor, Pericles & Aspasia, Wks. 1846, II. 376. Breaking off now and then a nose from a conqueror, and a wing from an agathodemon.
1879. M. Conway, Demonol., I. III. ix. 392. The Japanese are careful to distinguish this serpent from a dragon, with them an agathodemon.
