noun
ogre
OH-gur/ˈəʊɡər/
A frightening giant in stories that eats people.
The enormous ogre looms over the cottage doorway, crushing its gate in one fist.
Etymology
The French ogre is a man-eating giant of fairy tales. Calling a person an ogre transfers the monster’s cruelty and frightening presence to human behavior.
In context
they heard the Giant's footstep and his wife hid Jack away in the oven all happened as it did before in came the ogre
More examples
- In the story, an ogre captures travelers and eats them.
- The children escape while the ogres are sleeping.
- My boss seems like an ogre, but she's actually kind.
Forms
ogre · ogres
ogress noun — A female ogre in stories and legends.