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ogres

ogres is the plural of ogre.

Meaning of ogre

Noun

ogre (plural ogres)

  1. A large, grotesque, brutish humanoid monster, typically marked by great strength and a propensity to kill or devour humans.
    • And in the seventh tale of the third day of the same collection, when Corvetto had hidden himself under the Ogre's bed to steal his quilt, "he began to pull quite gently, when the Ogre awoke, and bid his wife not to pull the clothes that way, or she'd strip him, and he would get his death of cold."...1828, Thomas Keightley, Fairy Mythology, volume II, page 237
  2. (figuratively) A cruel person.
    • People are going to think I'm an ogre if I refuse to buy coffee for my little brother!

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Questions about ogres

What is ogres the plural of?
Ogres is the plural of ogre.

Words near ogres in the dictionary

  1. ogrelike
  2. ogrely
  3. Ogren
  4. Ogrens
  5. ogreous
  6. ogres
  7. ogress
  8. ogresses
  9. ogrish
  10. ogrishly
  11. Ogron

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