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drider

/ˈdɹaɪdɚ/

drider noun: a monstrous hybrid of a drow or other dark elf and a spider, with a humanoid (vertical) upper body and an arachnid opisthosoma forming the (horizontal) lower part.

Noun

drider (plural driders)

  1. A monstrous hybrid of a drow or other dark elf and a spider, with a humanoid (vertical) upper body and an arachnid opisthosoma forming the (horizontal) lower part.
    • What a cool army! Do you have Driders or spider riders in there as well?2001 April 12, RT Maitreya, “Dark Elf Giant Spider”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet)
    • I did my best to avoid the driders, but there are a lot of rocks to negotiate around that river, and normal running doesn't cut it. I die. Again.2001 August 29, Bradmeister, “A server with no ANON”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet)

Examples of drider in a sentence

  • This would have been enough to kill a typical generically named character, but the Drider had already proven she was anything but typical.2002 July 23, swlucky, “[OW!] Never trust a youma”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet):
  • “They were killed by Drider venom that was injected into the back of their necks. […]”2012, Matthew Mackenzie, The History of Valin Sol: The Decay Years, WestBow Press, page 2:

Forms of drider

pluraldriders

Origin of drider

Blend of drow + spider.

Questions about drider

What does drider mean?
Drider means a monstrous hybrid of a drow or other dark elf and a spider, with a humanoid (vertical) upper body and an arachnid opisthosoma forming the (horizontal) lower part.
How do you use drider in a sentence?
This would have been enough to kill a typical generically named character, but the Drider had already proven she was anything but typical.
What part of speech is drider?
Drider is a noun.
How do you pronounce drider?
Drider is pronounced /ˈdɹaɪdɚ/.
What is the plural of drider?
The plural of drider is driders.

Words near drider in the dictionary

  1. dribendazole
  2. driblet
  3. driblets
  4. dribs
  5. dribs and drabs
  6. drider
  7. driders
  8. Dridi
  9. Dridis
  10. drie
  11. Driebergen

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