Noun: ogre ow-gu(r)
- (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
"The children in the story were terrified of the ogre who lived in the forest"
- A cruel wicked and inhuman person
"The ogre terrorized the village with his brutal acts";
- monster, fiend, devil, demon
Derived forms: ogres
Type of: disagreeable person, giant, unpleasant person
Encyclopedia: Ogre, Ogre