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dragon
/ˈdɹæɡən/
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What does dragon mean?
noun
- In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a lizard-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.
- In Eastern Asian mythologies, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent.
- Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.
More meanings (16)
noun
- A Komodo dragon.
- A sea dragon.
- The constellation Draco.
- The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.
- (figuratively) Something very formidable or dangerous.
- A class of playing tiles consisting of three types: white dragons, green dragons, and red dragons.
- A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.
- A variety of carrier pigeon.
- (slang) Synonym of drag queen.
- (obsolete) A very large snake; a python.
- (derogatory) A fierce and unpleasant woman.
- (derogatory, rare, slang) An unattractive woman.
- (historical) A type of musket with a short, large-calibre barrel with a flared muzzle, often hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt.
- (rare) A background process similar to a daemon.
proper noun
- The fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
- Synonym of Devil.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdɹæɡən/
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Many men have a secret monster in this same manner, a dragon which gnaws them, a despair which inhabits their night.
The dragon had more heads than the biggest of the giants, and fire and smoke came from every one of them.
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A carved bird or beast at a corner seemed like some vast walking or flying dragon wasting the pastures and villages below.
But I hope Leonard will not be too strict with me— they say he is a very dragon of virtue and circumspection!
Such is the change which has taken place in the popular conception of the dragon, which is an impersonification of the thunderstorm.