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View synonyms for ogress
ogress
1[ oh-gris ]
noun
- a female monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- a monstrously ugly, cruel, or barbarous woman.
ogress
2[ oh-gris ]
noun
, Heraldry.
- a roundel sable.
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Gender Note
See -ess.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ogress2
First recorded in 1565–75; origin uncertain
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Example Sentences
They knew all the secrets of the ogress, and how to wheedle and coax her.
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Scarcely has the fecundation been finished when the ogress turns, leaping, and devours the suitor on the very spot of his amours.
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An ogre or ogress without a daughter, real or adopted, lacks the first requisite for doing a successful business.
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It is in the third that the Ogress dwells, unless, indeed, she has already set out upon her nocturnal hunt for human flesh.
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It is a sort of ogre's castle, and your aunt, 'savin' yer presince,' is the ogress.
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