Definition of Dragon

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Dragon

A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious.

A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman.

A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco.

A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent.

A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle.

A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also flying lizard.

A variety of carrier pigeon.

A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms.

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Dragon Quotations

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
J. R. R. Tolkien

A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb.
W. H. Auden

It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.
Bertrand Russell

When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out.
Ho Chi Minh

Take it from a guy: If you're in love with somebody, you will swim the stream, you will climb the mountain, you will slay the dragon. You're going to get to her somehow, some way.
Phil McGraw

You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to talk about love.
Jet Li

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.
Henry Ellis

I remember when we were doing the first Dragon's Lair, I got really involved with coming up with all the little rooms and what was the danger in the room and going into it with bats and spiders and snakes.
Don Bluth

I'm also very pleased that we were able to include a full orchestrated score for Dragon's Lair 3D. The 40 different music pieces blend with the action to make you feel more a part of the whole adventure.
Don Bluth

And I plan to write a sequel to Dragon Rider.
Cornelia Funke

Dragon Translations

dragon in Dutch is draak, vlieger
dragon in French is dragon
dragon in German is Drache, Drachen
dragon in Italian is drago
dragon in Norwegian is drake
dragon in Swedish is drake

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