Ogre

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A giant or monster in legends and fairy tales that eats humans.
  • n. A person who is felt to be particularly cruel, brutish, or hideous.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
  • n. A brutish man whose behavior resembles that of the mythical ogre.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In fairy tales and popular legend, a giant or hideous monster of malignant disposition, supposed to live on human flesh; hence, one likened to or supposed to resemble such a monster.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
  • n. a cruel wicked and inhuman person
  • Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    demon    giant    monster   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    boger   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    goblin    troll    centaur    elf    dragon    fiend    demon    drow    unicorn    gnome