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dem⋅i⋅god

  [dem-ee-god]
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–noun
1. a mythological being who is partly divine and partly human; an inferior deity.
2. a deified mortal.
Origin:
1520–30; trans. of L sēmideus. See demi-, god
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dem·i·god   (děm'ē-gŏd')   
n.  
  1. Mythology
    1. A male being, often the offspring of a god and a mortal, who has some but not all of the powers of a god.
    2. An inferior deity; a minor god.
    3. A deified man.
  2. A person who is highly honored or revered.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Demigod

Dem"i*god\, n. A half god, or an inferior deity; a fabulous hero, the offspring of a deity and a mortal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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demigod

n. A hacker with years of experience, a world-wide reputation, and a major role in the development of at least one design, tool, or game used by or known to more than half of the hacker community. To qualify as a genuine demigod, the person must recognizably identify with the hacker community and have helped shape it. Major demigods include Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie (co-inventors of Unix and C), Richard M. Stallman (inventor of EMACS), Larry Wall (inventor of Perl), Linus Torvalds (inventor of Linux), and most recently James Gosling (inventor of Java). In their hearts of hearts, most hackers dream of someday becoming demigods themselves, and more than one major software project has been driven to completion by the author's veiled hopes of apotheosis. See also net.god, true-hacker.
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demigod 
1530, from demi- + god, rendering L. semideus. The child of sexual intercourse between a deity and a mortal, a man raised to divine rank, or a minor god.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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demigod person
A hacker with years of experience, a national reputation, and a major role in the development of at least one design, tool, or game used by or known to more than half of the hacker community. To qualify as a genuine demigod, the person must recognisably identify with the hacker community and have helped shape it. Major demigods include Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie (co-inventors of Unix and C) and Richard Stallman (inventor of Emacs). In their hearts of hearts, most hackers dream of someday becoming demigods themselves, and more than one major software project has been driven to completion by the author's veiled hopes of apotheosis.
See also net.god, true-hacker.
[The Jargon File]
(1994-10-27)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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