| dragon | |
| 1. n. A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature. | |
| 2. n. In Western mythology, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like body, often a | |
| 3. n. In Eastern mythology, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent. | |
| 4. n. A heraldic representation of such a beast used as a charge or as a supporter; as in the arms of Wales. | |
| 5. n. An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance: | |
| 6. n. (obsolete) A very large snake; a python. | |
| 7. n. Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or. | |
| 8. n. A Komodo dragon. | |
| 9. n. (astronomy, with definite article, often capitalized) The constellation Draco. | |
| 10. n. (pejorative) A fierce and unpleasant woman; a harridan. | |
| She’s a bit of a dragon. | |
| 11. n. (with definite article, often capitalized) The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China. | |
| Napoleon already warned of the awakening of the Dragon. | |
| 12. n. (figuratively) Something very formidable or dangerous. | |
| 13. n. A type of playing-tile (red dragon, green dragon, white dragon) in the game of mahjong. | |
| 14. n. A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent. | |
| 15. n. (military, historical) 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. | |
| 16. n. A variety of carrier pigeon. | |
| 17. n. (slang) a transvestite man, or more broadly a male-to-female transgender person | |
