dragon

noun19

1. •
   a huge flying monster that can breathe fire, found in old stories

   • 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[.] — 1632
2. •
   A mythical reptilian or serpentine creature.
3. •
   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.
4. •
   An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance.
5. •
   Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.
6. •
   A Komodo dragon.
7. •
   A sea dragon.
8. •
   (figurative) Something very formidable or dangerous.
9. •
   (offensive) A fierce and unpleasant woman.

   • She’s a bit of a dragon.
10. •
    The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.

    • Napoleon already warned of the awakening of the Dragon.
11. •
    The constellation Draco.

    • My father compounded with my mother vnder the Dragons taile, and my nativity was vnder Vrsa Maior. — 1603
12. •
    A class of playing tiles consisting of three types: white dragons, green dragons, and red dragons.
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    (slang, offensive) An unattractive woman.
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    (slang) Synonym of drag queen.

    • 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...
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    (historical) 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.

    • 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 — 1886
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    A variety of carrier pigeon.
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    A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.
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    (rare) A background process similar to a daemon.
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    (no longer used) A very large snake; a python.