she-ogre

noun

A female ogre.

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Meanings

nounshe-ogre (plural she-ogres)

plural she-ogres

  1. 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

Origin

From she- + ogre.

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“she-ogre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/she-ogre. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “she-ogre,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/she-ogre.

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