Definitions for Dragon

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Dragon drag·on

Spelling: [drag-uh n]

IPA: /ˈdræg ən/

Dragon is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 143 anagrams from letters in Dragon (adgnor).

Definitions for Dragon

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. Archaic. a huge serpent or snake.
3. Bible. a large animal, possibly a large snake or crocodile.
4. the dragon, Satan.
5. a fierce, violent person.
6. a very watchful and strict woman.
7. flying dragon.
8. Botany. 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. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Draco.

Origin of Dragon

1175-1225; Middle English Old French Latin dracōn- (stem of dracō) Greek drákōn kind of serpent, probably orig. epithet, the (sharp-)sighted one, akin to dérkesthai to look

Examples for Dragon

dragon Boats have crossed the globe into the welcoming arms of American business.

Look at The Killing, The Girl with the dragon Tattoo, all of these Scandinavian things with female investigators.

Do you think I am afraid of the dragon with a hundred heads!

Yes; and the dragon with a hundred heads is a sight worth any man's seeing.

Early were hammers ringing on anvils in the dragon Court, and all was activity.

Every tooth of the dragon had produced one of these sons of deadly mischief.

It were better for me to have been devoured by the dragon, as my poor companions were.

There is no merit badge yet for dragon Boat racing, although there is one for canoeing.

How to Train Your dragon 2, the tenth highest grossing movie in 2014 America, made $22 million at the Korean box office.

New gods have come and gone, and dragon Boat racing has become popular around the globe.