"firedrake" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: firedrakes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English firdrake, from Old English fȳrdraca (“fire-spewing dragon”), equivalent to fire + drake. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|firdrake}} Middle English firdrake, {{inh|en|ang|fȳrdraca||fire-spewing dragon}} Old English fȳrdraca (“fire-spewing dragon”), {{compound|en|fire|drake}} fire + drake Head templates: {{en-noun}} firedrake (plural firedrakes)
  1. A fire-breathing dragon.
    Sense id: en-firedrake-en-noun-MJs9n4Fj
  2. A fiery meteor, an ignis fatuus, a rocket Categories (topical): Dragons, Fire
    Sense id: en-firedrake-en-noun-oN95IZHz Disambiguation of Dragons: 23 41 30 7 Disambiguation of Fire: 4 60 20 16
  3. A kind of firework
    Sense id: en-firedrake-en-noun-bGsdQWtJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 16 70 9
  4. (figurative, poetic) A worker at a furnace or fire Tags: figuratively, poetic
    Sense id: en-firedrake-en-noun-oxa1kLPM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: earthdrake, seadrake

Inflected forms

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