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"Napoleon already warned of the awakening of the Dragon."
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"I have always wanted to see a dragon, but dragons are not real creatures."
A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.; In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.
Common synonyms include: drake, wyrm, agama, alligator, anole, argus.
I have always wanted to see a dragon, but dragons are not real creatures.
Pronounced /ˈdɹæɡən/.
From Middle English dragoun, borrowed from Old French dragon, from Latin dracō(n), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”), probably from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “I see clearly”). Mostly displaced Old English draca (whence modern drake)—from the same Latin source, as are Draco, dracone, and dragoon.
Derived from drag queen.