Ogre : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Ogre	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Ogre
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ogre n a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre] (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ogre \O"gre\, n. [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.