Ogre

Noun

 * 1) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
 * 2) A brutish man whose behavior resembles that of the mythical ogre.

Thesaurus
Argus, Briareus, Cerberus, Charybdis, Cyclops, Dracula, Echidna, Frankenstein, Gorgon, Harpy, Hydra, Loch Ness monster, Medusa, Minotaur, Pegasus, Python, Scylla, Sphinx, Talos, Typhon, Wolf-man, bogey, bogeyman, brute, bugaboo, bugbear, cad, centaur, chimera, cockatrice, demon, dragon, drake, fee-faw-fum, fiend, frightener, ghost, ghoul, giant, griffin, hippocampus, hobgoblin, holy terror, horror, incubus, man-eater, mermaid, merman, monster, nightmare, nixie, ogress, phantom, revenant, roc, sadist, salamander, satyr, scarebabe, scarecrow, scarer, scoundrel, sea horse, sea serpent, siren, specter, succubus, terror, troll, unicorn, vampire, villain, werewolf, windigo, xiphopagus, zombie

Etymology
c. 18th c., from ogre:, from  Orcus:, from  Όρκος:, the personified demon of oaths (ὅρκος:) who inflicts punishment upon perjurers.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese: 食人魔 (shí rén mó)
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: ogro
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 鬼 (おに, oni)


 * Korean: 오거 (ogeo)
 * Latvian: cilvēkēdājs
 * Luhya:
 * Ojibwe: wiindigoo
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:, dubwana
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:

Related terms

 * ogreish, ogrish
 * ogress
 * ogry

Anagrams

 * ergo
 * goer
 * gore
 * rego

Noun

 * 1)  ogre

Etymology
From Orcus:.

Anagrams

 * orge