Definitions for koboldˈkoʊ bɒld, -boʊld
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ko•bold*ˈkoʊ bɒld, -boʊld(n.)
a spirit or goblin, often mischievous, that haunts houses.
Category: Mythology
a spirit that haunts mines or other underground places.
Category: Mythology
* (in German folklore).
Origin of kobold:
1625–35; < G
Wiktionary
kobold(Noun)
(German folklore) A mischievous elf, or an evil spirit; a goblin.
kobold(Noun)
One of a diminutive and usually evil race of beings.
Origin: From Kobold.
Webster Dictionary
Kobold(noun)
a kind of domestic spirit in German mythology, corresponding to the Scottish brownie and the English Robin Goodfellow
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