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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ogre \O"gre\, n. [F., fr Sp ogro, fr L. Orcus the god of the
infernal regions; also the lower world, hell.]
An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who
lived on human beings; hence any frightful giant; a cruel
monster.
His schoolroom must have resembled an ogre's den.
--Maccaulay.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ogre
n 1: a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: {monster}, {fiend},
{devil}, {demon}]
2: (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
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