Ō'gre, n.

(ō′ger), n. [Fr. ogre, Sp. ogro, It. orco, A-S. ore, an infernal demon, hell, from Lat. Orcus, the god of the infernal regions, the lower world, hell.] An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings. His school-room must have resembled an ogre's den. Macaulay.