Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ogre"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ogre
n 1: a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: {monster}, {fiend},
{devil}, {demon}]
2: (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
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