ghole

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A form of ghoul — A demon said to feed on corpses.

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Meanings

ghole1

nounghole (plural gholes)

plural gholes

  1. archaicArchaic form of ghoul.

    So now all sense re-stretching to the full, I felt the approach of this accursed hull, — Leviathan in size, with ghosts and gholes Employed on board in torturing other souls: […]

    1842, Matthew Bridges, Babbicombe, Or Visions of Memory: With Other Poems, page 14

ghole2

nounghole (plural gholes)

plural gholes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of gole (“troops”).

    quoted in 1851, James Baillie Fraser, Military Memoir of Lieut.-Col. James Skinner Both gholes attempted to turn his flanks, but the men behaved ill, and we were repulsed.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Hoglehogel
Cite this entry
APA

ghole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghole

MLA

“ghole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghole. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ghole,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghole.

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