Synonyms for dragon
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : drag-uh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdræg ən |
Définition of dragon
Origin :- early 13c., from Old French dragon, from Latin draconem (nominative draco) "huge serpent, dragon," from Greek drakon (genitive drakontos) "serpent, giant seafish," apparently from drak-, strong aorist stem of derkesthai "to see clearly," from PIE *derk- "to see." Perhaps the literal sense is "the one with the (deadly) glance."
- The young are dragonets (14c.). Obsolete drake "dragon" is an older borrowing of the same word. Used in the Bible to translate Hebrew tannin "a great sea-monster," and tan, a desert mammal now believed to be the jackal.
- noun monster
- Early were hammers ringing on anvils in the Dragon Court, and all was activity.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Yes; and the dragon with a hundred heads is a sight worth any man's seeing.
- Extract from : « The Three Golden Apples » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Do you think I am afraid of the dragon with a hundred heads!
- Extract from : « The Three Golden Apples » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- It were better for me to have been devoured by the dragon, as my poor companions were.
- Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Every tooth of the dragon had produced one of these sons of deadly mischief.
- Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Wherever a dragon's tooth had fallen, there stood a man armed for battle.
- Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- And there was the end of the army that had sprouted from the dragon's teeth.
- Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- They seem to spring from the ground like Jason's warriors from the dragon's teeth.
- Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- I will mend the sword and Siegfried shall use it to slay the dragon.
- Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
- This was the one in which the dragon lay guarding the hoard.
- Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
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- be draggled
- bedraggle
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- drag on
- drag on/drag out
- drag oneself along
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- drag queen
- drag racing
- dragged
- dragging
- draggle
- draggy
- dragnet
- dragon
- dragonfly
- dragoon
- dragway
- green dragon
- knock down and drag out
- knock-down-drag-out
- knock-down drag-out
- knock down drag out
- knock down drag outs
- main drag
- quadragenarian
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