Meaning of dragon | Babel Free

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1. A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature
2. The fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
3. A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.
4. In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.
5. A man who does drag or crossdresses, or sometimes by extension a male-to-female transgender person.
   slang
6. In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like body, often a monster with fiery breath
7. See Draco2.
8. Synonym of Devil.
9. In Eastern Asian mythologies, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent.
10. In Eastern Asian mythologies, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent
11. a mythical beast, a usually large, winged, fire-breathing reptile. St George and the dragon. draak تِنّين дракон dragão drak der Drache dragon δράκοςdragón lohe(madu) اژدها lohikäärme dragon דְרָקוֹן एक मिथकीय पशु, आग उगलने वाला परदार सांप zmaj sárkány naga dreki dragone, drago 竜 용 slibinas pūķis naga draakdrakesmok ښامار dragão balaur дракон drak zmaj zmaj drake มังกร ejderha 龍 дракон ایک فرضی روایتی اژدہے نما بلا con rồng 龙
    usually
12. An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
    obsolete
13. A very large snake; a python.
    obsolete
14. An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance: A very large snake; a python. Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona. A Komodo dragon. A sea dragon
15. A mythical monster traditionally represented as a gigantic reptile having a long tail, sharp claws, scaly skin, and often wings.
16. Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.
17. A very large snake; a python
18. Any of various lizards, such as the Komodo dragon or the flying lizard.
19. A Komodo dragon.
20. A fiercely vigilant or intractable person.
21. A sea dragon.
22. Archaic A large snake or serpent.
    Archaic
23. The constellation Draco.
    capitalized, often, with-definite-article
24. a mythical monster usually represented as breathing fire and having a scaly reptilian body, wings, claws, and a long tail
25. A fierce and unpleasant woman; a harridan.
    derogatory
26. informal a fierce or intractable person, esp a woman
    informal
27. An unattractive woman.
    UK, derogatory, rare, slang
28. (Animals) any of various very large lizards, esp the Komodo dragon
29. The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.
    capitalized, often, with-definite-article
30. (Plants) any of various North American aroid plants, esp the green dragon
31. Something very formidable or dangerous.
    figuratively
32. A class of playing tiles consisting of three types: white dragons, green dragons, and red dragons.
33. A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.
34. A type of musket with a short, large-calibre barrel with a flared muzzle, often hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt.
    historical
35. A background process similar to a daemon.
    rare
36. A variety of carrier pigeon.

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Examples

“Medea for the loue of Iaſon, taught him how to tame the fire breathing braſſ feeted Bulls, and kill the mighty dragon that kept the golden fleece[.]”

“But as every well-brought-up prince was expected to kill a dragon, and rescue a princess, the dragons grew fewer and fewer till it was often quite hard for a princess to find a dragon to be rescued from.”

“Before daylight, when the dragon flew home to sleep, he had burned up the hall and even the throne of the Geatish king.”

“They pitched the dragon over the cliff-top, let tide's flow and backwash take the treasure-minder.”

“These tapestries were magnificently figured with golden dragons; and as the serpentine bodies gleamed and shimmered in the increasing radiance, each dragon, I thought, intertwined its glittering coils more closely with those of another.”

“My father compounded with my mother vnder the Dragons taile, and my nativity was vnder Vrsa Maior.”

“She’s a bit of a dragon.”

“Napoleon already warned of the awakening of the Dragon.”

“our dragoons were so denominated because they were armed with dragons, that is, with short muskets, which spouted fire like dragons, and had the head of a dragon wrought upon their muzzle”

“Daemons and Dragons. The print spooler is an example of a DAEMON, a program that executes in the background and provides a service […] Strictly speaking, a dragon is a daemon that is not invoked explicitly but is always there, waiting in the background […]”

“Many of the postmaster functions are actually handled by computer software such as dragons and mailer daemons.”

“May 2017 Michael Connelly shares excerpt from The Late Show Ballard felt her phone vibrate in her hand and turned away from the nurse. She saw a return text from Mendez. She read his answer out loud to Jenkins. “‘Ramona Ramone, dragon. Real name Ramón Gutierrez. Had him in here a couple weeks back. Priors longer than his pre-op dick.’ Nice way of putting it.” “Considering his own dimensions,” Jenkins said. Drag queens, cross-dressers, and transgenders were all generally referred to as dragons in vice. No distinctions were made. It wasn’t nice but it was accepted.”

“October 2017 Drag Star VIZIN is back with new single Blasting News My favorite part was probably the ‘de-dragging.’ Taking the Dragon off (that’s what I call her) is always my favorite. In all honesty, the entire experience was amazing and I wouldn’t change it for the world. Being felt up by Michael Silas wasn’t bad either...”

“Yes. Butt shots. Everybody can't afford lipo and fat transfers. Especially dragons. So if they want to pay me top dollar to pump their ass up that's what I'm gonna do, and you've benefited from it.”

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