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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A fire-breathing dragon.

   "[…] the incensed firedrake, in revenge, flies all over the land, vomiting fire and smoke in every direction, […]"

2. 2
   a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings wordnet
3. 3
   A fiery meteor, an ignis fatuus, a rocket
4. 4
   A kind of firework
5. 5
   A worker at a furnace or fire figuratively, poetic

Synonyms

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dragondragoneuropean dragon

Example

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"The hero ventured into the cave to slay the fearsome firedrake."

Etymology

From Middle English firdrake, from Old English fȳrdraca (“fire-spewing dragon”), equivalent to fire + drake.

Related phrases

fire breathingignis fatuus

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