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griffin
1[ grif-in ]
noun
- a fabled monster, usually having the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion.
griffin
2[ grif-in ]
noun
- (in India and the East) a newcomer, especially a white person from a Western country.
Griffin
3[ grif-in ]
noun
- a city in W Georgia.
- a male given name.
griffin
1/ ˈɡrɪfɪn /
noun
- a newcomer to the Orient, esp one from W Europe
griffin
2/ ˈɡrɪfɪn /
noun
- a winged monster with an eagle-like head and the body of a lion
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- griffin·esque adjective
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Example Sentences
Missing from much of the action were Lois Griffin and Marge Simpson.
The series begins with a voiceover from a 9-year-old boy named Charlie (Griffin Gluck), basically a more precocious Meredith Grey.
Griffin is herself a character in the novel, the invisible hand on the other end of the tape recorder in all the interviews.
Griffin mined the portfolios of four artists to create the vast collection of images that dot the book.
Griffin Dunne directed that episode and he wanted me to feel like a caged animal.
There was the most portentous picture of a Griffin on the first page, with verses below.
Goodness only knew what a falchion was, but there was the Griffin, and his history was an improvement upon the eternal Cat.
The Griffin carried off one sheep a day from a German village, till a man came with a "falchion" and split the Griffin open.
A more simple thing would be to take the griffin to your wife and bring her here.
Then, bring here the griffin of Signor Astolfo, and let me mount en croupe, and go to my wife.
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