Definition of ogre Ogre
/owˈgɚ/ - [owger] - o•gre
We found 8 definitions of ogre from 6 different sources.
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What does ogre mean?
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NounPlural: ogres |
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| ogre - (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings | ||
| giant any creature of exceptional size | ||
| folklore the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture | ||
| ogre - a cruel wicked and inhuman person | ||
| monster, fiend, devil, demon | ||
| disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ogre (n.)
An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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ogre
One of a class of brutish giants that eat human flesh.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ogre
ō′gėr, n. a man-eating monster or giant of fairy tales:—fem. O′gress.—adj. O′greish. [Fr. ogre—Sp. ogro—L. orcus, the lower world.]
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🔤- ogre, noun, singular of ogres.
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