PRO'TEUS, noun [Latin] In mythology, a marine deity, the son of Oceanus and Tethys, whose distinguishing characteristic was the faculty of assuming different shapes. Hence we denominate one who easily changes his form or principles, a proteus
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.