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Webster 1913 Edition
Ogre
O′gre
(ō′gẽr)
, Noun.
[F., fr. Sp.
ogro
, fr. L. Orcus
the god of the infernal regions; also, the lower world, hell.] An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster.
His schoolroom must have resembled an
ogre’s
den. Maccaulay.