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firedrakes

firedrakes is the plural of firedrake.

Meaning of firedrake

Noun

firedrake (plural firedrakes)

  1. A fire-breathing dragon.
    • […] the incensed firedrake, in revenge, flies all over the land, vomiting fire and smoke in every direction, […]1913, Helene A. Guerber, The Book of the Epic
  2. A fiery meteor, an ignis fatuus, a rocket
  3. A kind of firework
  4. (figuratively, poetic) A worker at a furnace or fire

Questions about firedrakes

What is firedrakes the plural of?
Firedrakes is the plural of firedrake.

Words near firedrakes in the dictionary

  1. firedoor
  2. firedoors
  3. firedragon
  4. firedragons
  5. firedrake
  6. firedrakes
  7. firee
  8. fireeater
  9. fireeaters
  10. firees
  11. firefall

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