she-ogre en · NOUN
Etymology
From she- + ogre.
Meanings
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A female ogre.
He it was who alone and unweaponed had struggled with Grendel, and he who heedless had swam to the depths of the tarn to kill the she-ogre.
1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 41:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| she-ogres | Number=Plur | lexicographic |