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Webster 1913 Edition


Ogress

O′gress

,
Noun.
[F.
ogresse
. See
Ogre
.]
A female ogre.
Tennyson.

Definition 2024


ogress

ogress

English

Pronunciation

Noun

ogress (plural ogresses)

  1. A female ogre
    • 1887, Marie Corelli, Thelma
      Dear me, Mimsey!. . . you are perfectly outrageous! Do you think I'm an ogress ready to eat her up? On the contrary, I mean to be a friend to her.
  2. A fierce, unfriendly woman.
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Etymology 2

From Old French ogoesse

Noun

ogress (plural ogresses)

  1. (heraldry) A roundel sable.
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