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Plural of gorgon

regular plural

The plural of gorgon is gorgons.

Forms of gorgon

Singulargorgon /ˈɡɔːrɡən/
Pluralgorgons
Countablecountable

Gorgons in a sentence

  • To raise divers demons, dibbuks, ghouls and gorgons.1994, Robert Rankin, Raiders of the Lost Car Park, page 43. From the entry pandemoniac
  • Thus were born from credulity, fancy and fertile imagination, in successive ages, dragons, medusas, basilisks, salamanders, gorgons and unicorns, the cocatrice, the epimacus and the seductive mermaid.1930, Indian State Railways Magazine, page 15. From the entry epimacus

Meaning of gorgon

  1. noun A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. One of the three sisters: Medusa, Stheno and Euryale.
  2. noun An intimidating, ugly, or disgusting woman; anything hideous or horrid.
  3. adjective Like a gorgon; very ugly or terrifying.

Full definition of gorgon

Questions about the plural of gorgon

What is the plural of gorgon?
The plural of gorgon is gorgons.
Is gorgon countable?
Gorgon is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gorgon (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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