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Ogre

Ogre Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ogre? [n] (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings [n] a cruel wicked and inhuman person Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ogre: demon \| devil \| fiend \| monster Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ogre: Argus \| bogey \| bogeyman \| Briareus \| brute \| bugaboo \| bugbear \| cad \| centaur \| Cerberus \| Charybdis \| chimera \| cockatrice \| Cyclops \| demon \| Dracula \| dragon \| drake \| Echidna \| fee-faw-fum \| fiend \| Frankenstein \| frightener \| ghost \| ghoul \| giant \| Gorgon \| griffin \| Harpy \| hippocampus \| hobgoblin \| holy terror \| horror \| Hydra \| incubus \| Loch Ness monster \| man-eater \| Medusa \| mermaid \| merman \| Minotaur \| monster \| nightmare \| nixie \| ogress \| Pegasus \| phantom \| Python \| revenant \| roc \| sadist \| salamander \| satyr \| scarebabe \| scarecrow \| scarer \| scoundrel \| Scylla \| sea horse \| sea serpent \| siren \| specter \| Sphinx \| succubus \| Talos \| terror \| troll \| Typhon \| unicorn \| vampire \| villain \| werewolf \| windigo \| Wolf-man \| xiphopagus \| zombie See Also \| demoniac \| disagreeable person \| giant \| ogress \| unpleasant person Ogre In Webster's Dictionary \O"gre\, n. [F., fr. Sp. ogro, fr. L. Orcus the god of the infernal regions; also, the lower world, hell.] An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster. His schoolroom must have resembled an ogre's den. --Maccaulay.

Ogre Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ogre?

[n] (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
[n] a cruel wicked and inhuman person

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ogre: demon | devil | fiend | monster

Ogre In Webster's Dictionary

\O"gre\, n. [F., fr. Sp. ogro, fr. L. Orcus the god of the
infernal regions; also, the lower world, hell.]
An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who
lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel
monster.

      His schoolroom must have resembled an ogre's den.
                                               --Maccaulay.

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