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Grammar : Noun
Spell : drag-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdræg ən



Définition of dragon

Origin :
  • early 13c., from Old French dragon, from Latin draconem (nominative draco) "huge serpent, dragon," from Greek drakon (genitive drakontos) "serpent, giant seafish," apparently from drak-, strong aorist stem of derkesthai "to see clearly," from PIE *derk- "to see." Perhaps the literal sense is "the one with the (deadly) glance."
  • The young are dragonets (14c.). Obsolete drake "dragon" is an older borrowing of the same word. Used in the Bible to translate Hebrew tannin "a great sea-monster," and tan, a desert mammal now believed to be the jackal.
  • noun monster
Example sentences :
  • Early were hammers ringing on anvils in the Dragon Court, and all was activity.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Yes; and the dragon with a hundred heads is a sight worth any man's seeing.
  • Extract from : « The Three Golden Apples » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Do you think I am afraid of the dragon with a hundred heads!
  • Extract from : « The Three Golden Apples » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • It were better for me to have been devoured by the dragon, as my poor companions were.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Every tooth of the dragon had produced one of these sons of deadly mischief.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Wherever a dragon's tooth had fallen, there stood a man armed for battle.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • And there was the end of the army that had sprouted from the dragon's teeth.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • They seem to spring from the ground like Jason's warriors from the dragon's teeth.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • I will mend the sword and Siegfried shall use it to slay the dragon.
  • Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
  • This was the one in which the dragon lay guarding the hoard.
  • Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin

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