Dragon (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
  2. a huge serpent or snake.
  3. a large animal, possibly a large snake or crocodile.
  4. Satan.
  5. a fierce, violent person.
  6. a very watchful and strict woman; duenna.
  7. flying dragon.
  8. any of several araceous plants, as Arisaema dracontium(green dragon, or dragonroot ), the flowers of which have a long, slender spadix and a green, shorter spathe.
  9. a short musket carried by a mounted infantryman in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  10. a soldier armed with such a musket.
  11. the constellation Draco.
Idioms
  1. to inhale the vapor of heated heroin or another opiate drug.
noun
  1. a mythical monster usually represented as breathing fire and having a scaly reptilian body, wings, claws, and a long tail
  2. a fierce or intractable person, esp a woman
  3. any of various very large lizards, esp the Komodo dragon
  4. any of various North American aroid plants, esp the green dragon
  5. a manifestation of Satan or an attendant devil
  6. a yacht of the International Dragon Class, 8.88m long (29.2 feet), used in racing
  7. to smoke opium or heroin
Dragon (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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