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noun


(1)   (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
(2)   A cruel wicked and inhuman person
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Etymology


c. 18th c., from , from , from , the personified demon of oaths who inflicts punishment upon perjurers.

Noun



  1. A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
  2. A brutish man whose behavior resembles that of the mythical ogre.
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