ogre
/ˈoʊ.ɡɚ/ noun B2- A large, grotesque, brutish humanoid monster, typically marked by great strength and a propensity to kill or devour humans.
- A cruel person. · People are going to think I'm an ogre if I refuse to buy coffee for my little brother!
Plural ogres
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“Has the Corsican ogre broken loose?” cried a third.
The Corsican Ogre
“Say this to him: ‘Sire, you are deceived as to the feeling in France, as to the opinions of the towns, and the prejudices of the army; he whom in Paris you call the Corsican ogre, who at Nevers is styled the usurper, is already saluted as Bonaparte at Lyons, and emperor at Grenoble.
“Ah, ha,” cried Danglars, “this fellow is more like an ogre than anything else; however, I am rather too old and tough to be very good eating!”
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