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dragon¹
- /ˈdɹæɡən/
- [ˈdɹ̝ʷæɡən] ~ [ˈdɹ̝ʷæɡn̩]
- [d̠ɹ̠˔ʷæɡən] ~ [d̠ɹ̠˔ʷæɡn̩]
- /ˈdɹeɪ̯ɡən/
- [ˈdɹ̝eɪ̯ɡən] ~ [ˈdɹeɪ̯ɡn̩]
- [d̠ɹ̠˔ʷeɪ̯ɡən] ~ [d̠ɹ̠˔ʷeɪ̯ɡn̩]
Sounds like dragging (/ɡ/-dropping) · Rhymes with -æɡən
Where it comes from
From Middle English dragoun, borrowed from Old French dragon, from Latin dracō(n), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”), probably from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “to see clearly”). Displaced Old English wyrm, whence modern worm. Mostly displaced Old English draca (whence modern drake)—from the same Latin source, as are Draco, Dracon, dracone, and dragoon.
noun dragons · dwagon
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In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a lizard-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.
Medea for the loue of Iaſon, taught him how to tame the fire breathing braſſ feeted Bulls, and kill the mighty dragon that kept the golden fleece[.]
Similar: drake, lindworm, worm, wyrm, wyvern, derg, drag, draggy, dwaggy
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In Eastern Asian mythologies, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent.
These tapestries were magnificently figured with golden dragons; and as the serpentine bodies gleamed and shimmered in the increasing radiance, each dragon, I thought, intertwined its glittering coils more closely with those of another.
Similar: drake, lindworm, worm, wyrm, wyvern, derg, drag, draggy, dwaggy
- A very large snake; a python.
- Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.
- A Komodo dragon.
- A sea dragon.
- The constellation Draco. My father compounded with my mother vnder the Dragons taile, and my nativity was vnder Vrsa Maior.
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A fierce and unpleasant woman.
She’s a bit of a dragon.
Similar: dragon lady, harridan, battle axe, bitch, brim, brimstone, cat, cockatrice, crow, dragon, faggot, fishwife
- An unattractive woman.
- The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China. Napoleon already warned of the awakening of the Dragon.
- Something very formidable or dangerous.
- A class of playing tiles consisting of three types: white dragons, green dragons, and red dragons.
- A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.
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A type of musket with a short, large-calibre barrel with a flared muzzle, often hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt.
our dragoons were so denominated because they were armed with dragons, that is, with short muskets, which spouted fire like dragons, and had the head of a dragon wrought upon their muzzle
Similar: dragoon
- A background process similar to a daemon. Daemons and Dragons. The print spooler is an example of a DAEMON, a program that executes in the background and provides a service […] Strictly speaking, a dragon is a daemon that is not invoked explicitly but is always there, waiting in the background […]
- A variety of carrier pigeon.
dragon²
- /ˈdɹæɡən/
- [ˈdɹ̝ʷæɡən] ~ [ˈdɹ̝ʷæɡn̩]
- [d̠ɹ̠˔ʷæɡən] ~ [d̠ɹ̠˔ʷæɡn̩]
- /ˈdɹeɪ̯ɡən/
- [ˈdɹ̝eɪ̯ɡən] ~ [ˈdɹeɪ̯ɡn̩]
- [d̠ɹ̠˔ʷeɪ̯ɡən] ~ [d̠ɹ̠˔ʷeɪ̯ɡn̩]
Sounds like dragging (/ɡ/-dropping) · Rhymes with -æɡən
Where it comes from
Alteration from drag queen.
noun dragons · dwagon
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Synonym of drag queen.
May 2017 Michael Connelly shares excerpt from The Late Show
Ballard felt her phone vibrate in her hand and turned away from the nurse. She saw a return text from Mendez. She read his answer out loud to Jenkins. “‘Ramona Ramone, dragon. Real name Ramón Gutierrez. Had him in here a couple weeks back.
Similar: drag queen
Dragon³
proper noun
- The fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
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Synonym of Devil.
Similar: Great Red Dragon, Aduwallah, Adversary, Al-Shaytaan, Antichrist, archfiend, Ash-Shaytan, Azazel, Beast, Beelzebub, bogey, cosmocrat
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: firedrake, flying dragon, tartar, flying lizard, lung, sai, lava, nong, slayer, monster, yong, loon, long, oriental, queue, draco
Translations
Every language
noun mythical creature
| Español | dragón, guiverno |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 용 yong, 미르 mireu |
| 日本語 | 竜, ドラゴン doragon |
| 中文 | 龍 /龙 lóng |
| हिन्दी | अज़दहा azdahā, अजदहा ajdahā, अजदाह ajdāh |
| Kiswahili | joka, dragoni |
| Português | dragão |
| Français | dragon |
| Deutsch | Drache |
| Italiano | drago, dragone |
| Ελληνικά | δράκος drákos, δράκαινα drákaina, δράκοντας drákontas |
| Română | balaur, dragon, zmeu |
| Русский | драко́н drakón, змей zmej, смок smok, змий zmij |
| Tiếng Việt | rồng |
| العربية | تِنِّين tinnīn |
| עברית | דְּרָקוֹן drakón, רַהַב ráhav |
noun pejorative: unpleasant woman
| Português | dragão |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Drache |
| Ελληνικά | δράκαινα drákaina |
| Русский | крокоди́л krokodíl, меге́ра megéra, сте́рва stérva |
noun nickname for the Chinese empire and the People's Republic of China
| Deutsch | Drache |
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