ogre
noun
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
ogres
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pluralof ogre.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Recent models of the artificial-intelligence chatbot have been bringing up the creatures in conversations with users seemingly out of the blue, as well as gremlins, trolls and ogres.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Alongside telling it to avoid platitudes, it said Codex should "never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant to the user's query".
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
These networks -- just like humans, onions, and ogres -- have layers, which makes them tricky to navigate.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024
The three new book-length fairy tales gathered here are all made up of the most common ingredients: ogres and witches, princesses and woodcutters.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
As they plummeted, Jason saw a vast army of monsters spread across the hills - cynocephali, two-headed men, wild centaurs, ogres and others he couldn’t even name - surrounding two tiny islands of demigods.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
