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dragonborn

UK/ˈdræɡᵊnbˈɔːn//ˈdræɡənˈbɔɹn/

dragonborn adjective: born with some physical or spiritual connection to dragons.

dragonborn: born with some physical or spiritual connection to dragons
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Adjective

dragonborn (not comparable)

  1. Born with some physical or spiritual connection to dragons.
    • A single dragonborn guard held the door.2014, Dallas S. Paskell, Medieval: Book of Blood

Noun

dragonborn (plural dragonborn)

  1. A person born with some physical or spiritual connection to dragons.
    • “Powerful magic and tangled, dragonborn,” the Shepherd woman said.2006, Murray J. D. Leeder, Son of Thunder, page 220
    • A big man, he stood at least as tall as Shara and maybe as tall as Roghar, with shoulders almost as wide as the dragonborn’s.2011, Erik Scott De Bie, Shadowbane

Forms of dragonborn

pluraldragonborn

Origin of dragonborn

From dragon + born.

Questions about dragonborn

What does dragonborn mean?
Dragonborn means born with some physical or spiritual connection to dragons.
What part of speech is dragonborn?
Dragonborn can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce dragonborn?
Dragonborn is pronounced /ˈdræɡᵊnbˈɔːn/ (UK).

Words near dragonborn in the dictionary

  1. dragonback
  2. Dragonballer
  3. Dragonballers
  4. dragonbone
  5. dragonbones
  6. dragonborn
  7. dragonbreath
  8. dragondom
  9. Dragone
  10. Dragones
  11. dragonesque

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