ork
ork is the obsolete spelling of orc.
ork is the alternative spelling of orc.
Meaning of orc
Noun (1)
orc (plural orcs)
- Any of several large, ferocious sea creatures, now especially the killer whale.
- The latter phenomenon is similar to the conceptual division seen in Ainu society between kimun-kamuy, the bear spirit of the mountains, and repun-kamuy, the orc or dolphin spirit of the sea.1992, Utagawa Hiroshi, “The ‘Sending-Back’ Rite in Ainu Culture”, in Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, volumes 19/2–3, page 265
Noun (2)
orc (plural orcs)
- A mythical evil monstrous humanoid creature, usually quite aggressive and often green.
- Who at one stroke didst pare away three heads from off the shoulders of an Orke, begotten by an Incubus.1656, Samuel Holland, Don Zara del Fogo, I.1
- A Russian soldier or gangster.
- Ukrainians themselves, including those on the right, preferred to call the events the 'Revolution of Dignity', depicted not in terms of ethnicity or class, but in simple civic black and white – a revolution of the people against Yanukovych's 'Mordor' and his 'Orcs'.2015, Andrew Wilson, The Ukrainians: Unexpected Nation, page 354
- A Russian person.
Forms of ork
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Phrases with ork
Questions about ork
- What is ork the obsolete spelling of?
- Ork is the obsolete spelling of orc.
Words near ork in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ork (page history and authors); orc (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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