dragonborn

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UK/ˈdræɡᵊnbˈɔːn/US/ˈdræɡənˈbɔɹn/

adjective

Born with some physical or spiritual connection to dragons.

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Meanings

adjectivedragonborn (not comparable)
  1. not comparablefantasyBorn with some physical or spiritual connection to dragons.

    A single dragonborn guard held the door.

    2014, Dallas S. Paskell, Medieval: Book of Blood
noundragonborn (plural dragonborn)
  1. fantasyA person born with some physical or spiritual connection to dragons.

    “Powerful magic and tangled, dragonborn,” the Shepherd woman said.

    2006, Murray J. D. Leeder, Son of Thunder, page 220
    2 more examples

    A big man, he stood at least as tall as Shara and maybe as tall as Roghar, with shoulders almost as wide as the dragonborn’s.

    2011, Erik Scott De Bie, Shadowbane

    Dragonborn […] first appeared in the Dragons of Despair module (1984) for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons as “dragonmen.”

    2011, Michael J. Tresca, The Evolution of Fantasy Role-Playing Games, page 81

Origin

From dragon + born.

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Cite this entry
APA

dragonborn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dragonborn

MLA

“dragonborn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dragonborn. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dragonborn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dragonborn.

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