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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Demigod \Dem"i*god\, noun A half god, or an inferior deity; a fabulous hero, the offspring of a deity and a mortal.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
demigod
noun
1: a person with great powers and abilities [syn: {superman}, {Ubermensch}]
2: a person who is part mortal and part god [syn: {daemon}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "demigod": Achilles, David, Hector, Roland, Samson, a man, brave, bulldog, chutzpanik, decorated hero, demigoddess, fighting cock, gallant, gamecock, god, goddess, godkin, godlet, godling, good soldier, hero, heroine, idol, lion, man of courage, paladin, phoenix, stalwart, superhuman, the brave, tiger, valiant, valiant knight
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
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, {NeWS}, and {GOSMACS}) and Guido van Rossum (inventor of {Python}). 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}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
demigod 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}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-10-27)
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