ogre

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
ogre
    n 1: a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: {monster}, {fiend},
         {devil}, {demon}, {ogre}]
    2: (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ogre \O"gre\ ([=o]"g[~e]r), 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.
   [1913 Webster]

         His schoolroom must have resembled an ogre's den.
                                                  --Maccaulay.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "ogre":
      Argus, Briareus, Cerberus, Charybdis, Cyclops, Dracula, Echidna,
      Frankenstein, Gorgon, Harpy, Hydra, Loch Ness monster, Medusa,
      Minotaur, Pegasus, Python, Scylla, Sphinx, Talos, Typhon, Wolf-man,
      bogey, bogeyman, brute, bugaboo, bugbear, cad, centaur, chimera,
      cockatrice, demon, dragon, drake, fee-faw-fum, fiend, frightener,
      ghost, ghoul, giant, griffin, hippocampus, hobgoblin, holy terror,
      horror, incubus, man-eater, mermaid, merman, monster, nightmare,
      nixie, ogress, phantom, revenant, roc, sadist, salamander, satyr,
      scarebabe, scarecrow, scarer, scoundrel, sea horse, sea serpent,
      siren, specter, succubus, terror, troll, unicorn, vampire, villain,
      werewolf, windigo, xiphopagus, zombie
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