hobgoblin : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hobgoblin	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hobgoblin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hobgoblin n (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings Synonym(s): goblin, hob, hobgoblin an object of dread or apprehension; "Germany was always a bugbear for France"; "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson Synonym(s): bugbear, hobgoblin
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hobgoblin \Hob"gob`lin\, n. [See 2d Hob, and {Goblin}.] A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. --Macaulay.