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 Definitions of ogre  [ˈoʊ gər]  

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Definition of 'ogre' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) ogre
a monster in fairy tales, usu. represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.

2.  ogre
a monstrously ugly, cruel, or barbarous person.

Etymology:  (1705–15; < F, perh. &indirdesc; L OrcusOrcus)

Definition of 'ogre' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre
a cruel wicked and inhuman person

2. (noun) ogre
(folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings


Translation of 'ogre' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: in fairy stories, a frightening, cruel giant.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: paaiboelie, skrikbeeld, b Arabic flag Arabic: غول Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: великан
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ogre Czech flag Czech: obr lidožrout German flag German: das Ungeheuer
Danish flag Danish: uhyre Greek flag Greek: δράκος (σε παραμύθια) Spanish flag Spanish: ogro
Estonian flag Estonian: kuri koll Farsi flag Farsi: دیو؛ آدمخوار Finnish flag Finnish: jättiläinen
French flag French: ogre Hebrew flag Hebrew: עֲנָק אוֹכֵל אָדָם Hindi flag Hindi: नरपिशाच, नरभक्षी, राक्षस
Croatian flag Croatian: div Hungarian flag Hungarian: emberevő óriás Indonesian flag Indonesian: raksasa yang jahat dan me
Icelandic flag Icelandic: tröll Italian flag Italian: orco Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean: (동화, 민화의) 사람 잡아먹는 도깨비 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: žmogėdra, milžinas Latvian flag Latvian: milzis cilvēkēdājs
Malay flag Malay: gergasi Dutch flag Dutch: mensenetende reus Norwegian flag Norwegian: troll, uhyre, rise
Polish flag Polish: olbrzym, ludożerca, ludoj Persian flag Persian: دیو؛ آدمخوار Pashto flag Pashto: ديو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ogre Romanian flag Romanian: căpcăun Russian flag Russian: великан-людоед
Slovak flag Slovak: obor– ľudožrút Slovenian flag Slovenian: velikan, ljudožerec Serbian flag Serbian: džin
Swedish flag Swedish: [människoätande] jätte Thai flag Thai: ยักษ์กินมนุษย์เป็นอาหาร Turkish flag Turkish: dev
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 妖魔,食人魔鬼 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: людожер-велетень Urdu flag Urdu: ديو
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: yêu tinh Chinese flag Chinese: 妖魔,食人魔鬼

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