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Look up: ogre

  1. ogre
    [n] - (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Ogre
    O'gre (ō'gẽr) noun [ French, from Spanish ogro , from Latin Orcus the god of the infernal regions; also, the lower world, hell.] An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any fright...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/15

  3. ogre
    noun (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  4. Ogre
    • (n.) An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  5. ogre
    a hideous giant represented in fairy tales and folklore as feeding on human beings. The word gained popularity from its use in the late 17th century ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/9

  6. ogre
    • a cruel wicked and inhuman person
    • (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings

    Found on

  7. Ogre
    An `ogre` (feminine: ogress) is a large, cruel, monstrous and hideous humanoid monster, featured in mythology, folklore and fiction. Ogres are often depicted in fairy tales and folklore as feeding on human beings, and have appeared in many classic works of literature. In art, ogres are often ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre

  8. Ogre
    (game) `Ogre` is a board wargame first released in 1977 as the first Metagaming Concepts Microgame, designed by journal=White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf | last=Easterbrook | first=Martin | issue=#2 | pages=12 | month=Aug/Sept | year=1977 | publisher= publisher=Green Ronin Publishing ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre

  9. Ogre
    (disambiguation) An `ogre` is a large, hideous monster of mythology, folklore and fiction. `Ogre` may also refer to: Comics and manga: Gaming: Game titles: Game elements: Movies and television: Music: Places: Other: See also:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre

  10. OGRE
    `OGRE` (Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine) is a scene-oriented, flexible 3D rendering engine (as opposed to a game engine) written in C++ designed to make it easier and intuitive for developers to produce applications utilizing hardware-accelerated 3D graphics. The class library abstr...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OGRE

  11. Ogre
    (Dungeons & Dragons) In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, ogres are a lesser race of giants, rather being simply large brutes with clubs. An aquatic subrace of ogres is known as "merrow." D&D ogres are also closely related to the race of `ogre` magi...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre

  12. Ogre
    (comics) image= --> `Ogre` is a fictional character of the Marvel Comics Universe. Fictional character biography: Ogre was originally an operative of the mutant terrorist organization Factor Three. However he had no mutant powers, and he used a mind control helmet to brainwash Banshee who soo...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre

  13. Ogre
    (Rave Master) `Ogre` is a character featured within the Japanese manga/anime series Rave Master which is popular around a moderate extent. Ogre is seen as a major antagonist within this series and renowned for being the wielder of the Last Physics sinclaire. Ogre is also the main commander ov...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre

  14. Ogre
    (DC Comics) `Ogre and the Ape` appeared in Batman #535 as a pair of fictional characters from a Batman story-arc. Fictional character biography: Ogre is a genetically altered man, whose brother is a genetically experimented Ape created by Doctor Winston Belmont. The man, Michael Adams,...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre

  15. Ogre
    (band) `Ogre` is an American heavy metal band from Portland, Maine. History: Ogre formed in 1999<ref name=MusicMight>http://www.musicmight.com/linkto/artist/{7574E4A9-029F-47C3-8CB9-DDE8F4F Ogre at MusicMight--> when Ross Markonish and Will Broadbent grew tired of their current prog/drone/...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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