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ogresses

ogresses is the plural of ogress.

Meaning of ogress

Noun (1)

ogress (plural ogresses)

  1. A female ogre.
    • 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. A fierce, unfriendly woman.
    • I remember being the fall guy for the family, having to take the rent down to the ogress of a landlady so that my parents wouldn't have to face her.1977 December 3, John Mitzel, quoting Harry Allard, “Harry Allard: A Teller of Children's Stories Talks About His Life”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 22, page 8

Noun (2)

ogress (plural ogresses)

  1. A roundel sable.
    • Beareth Verte, fiue Fermaulxz in Crosse D'Or, a Border d'Argent, charged with eight Ogresses: or, after the French blazon, 'Ogressée de huit pieces'.1572, John Bossewell, Workes of Armorie, II, 37b
    Synonyms:
    gunstone, pellet

Questions about ogresses

What is ogresses the plural of?
Ogresses is the plural of ogress.

Words near ogresses in the dictionary

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

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