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drow

/dɹəʊ/US/dɹoʊ/

drow noun: “hidden people” (Faroese huldufólk, Norwegian huldrefolk), subterraneans (Norwegian underjordiske, Swedish underjordiska, Gutnish di sma undar jordi), fairies, “troll-folk”, and thereof (Swedish oknytt).

Noun

drow (countable and uncountable, plural drow)

  1. (Orkney, Shetland, dated) “hidden people” (Faroese huldufólk, Norwegian huldrefolk), subterraneans (Norwegian underjordiske, Swedish underjordiska, Gutnish di sma undar jordi), fairies, “troll-folk”, and thereof (Swedish oknytt)
  2. (Orkney, Shetland, dated) ghost; cognate to Scandinavian folklore of gnomes, wights, trolls, etc, being supernatural ghosts
  3. (Orkney, Shetland, dated) “The devil”, cognate to Scanian dråe (“devil”).
  4. (countable, fantasy roleplaying games) A member of a fictional race of dark elves in various fantasy settings, such as Dungeons & Dragons.
    Synonyms:
    dark elf
  5. (uncountable, fantasy roleplaying games) A fictional constructed language spoken by the Drow.

drow meaning in Marathi

drow in Marathi

fictional dark elf
ड्राउ ḍrāu
Drow language
ड्राउ ḍrāu

Synonyms of drow

Forms of drow

pluraldrow
alternative formtrow

Plural of drow: drow

Origin of drow

From Shetlandic and Orcadian Scots drow, from Norn *drou, *drau (compare 18th c. Norwegian drau, modern drov, drauv), alternatively *drog, from Old Norse draugr (“malevolent revenant”); along the variation trow, intermixed with Norn troll, from Old Norse trǫll (“troll, malevolent supernatural being”), a partial synonym to draugr. L-vocalisation occurred in the early 15th century in Middle Scots, so trolly, knolls probably became *trowie, knowes around this time.

Words formed from drow

Words that rhyme with drow

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Questions about drow

What does drow mean?
Drow means “hidden people” (Faroese huldufólk, Norwegian huldrefolk), subterraneans (Norwegian underjordiske, Swedish underjordiska, Gutnish di sma undar jordi), fairies, “troll-folk”, and thereof (Swedish oknytt).
What is drow in Marathi?
Drow in Marathi is ड्राउ (ḍrāu). See Drow meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is drow?
Drow is a noun.
How do you pronounce drow?
Drow is pronounced /dɹəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of drow?
The plural of drow is drow.

Words near drow in the dictionary

  1. droves
  2. drovest
  3. droveway
  4. droveways
  5. droving
  6. drow
  7. drown
  8. drown one's sorrows
  9. drown out
  10. drown the miller
  11. drown'd

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