"xorn" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "First appeared in the original Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual (1977).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "xorns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xorn",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "xorn"
      },
      "expansion": "xorn (plural xorns or xorn)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Dungeons & Dragons",
          "orig": "en:Dungeons & Dragons",
          "parents": [
            "Fantasy",
            "Role-playing games",
            "Tabletop games",
            "Fiction",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Games",
            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Recreation",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "Human activity",
            "Culture",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Society",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fantasy",
          "orig": "en:Fantasy",
          "parents": [
            "Fiction",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fictional abilities",
          "orig": "en:Fictional abilities",
          "parents": [
            "Fiction",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fictional characters",
          "orig": "en:Fictional characters",
          "parents": [
            "Fiction",
            "Artistic works",
            "Art",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, David Damerell, “Where are they come from?^([sic]) ;)”, in rec.games.roguelike.development (Usenet):",
          "text": "Various monsters can tunnel through rock - either humanoid monsters with picks or rock eaters like rock moles and umber hulks; and some monsters like xorns and ghosts can pass through it without digging.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, bear, “Makes Lovely Julienne Ogres....”, in rec.games.roguelike.angband (Usenet):",
          "text": "Teleporting from an open room where there were a dozen black orcs firing bows at me and more pouring in through both doors a few nights ago didn't work the first two times, then when it did work it landed me, low on mana and hitpoints, in a room full of gnome mages who instantly summoned four umber hulks and a xorn!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Roger Bourke White, Rostov Rising: The Tales of Baron Rostov, page 229:",
          "text": "That afternoon, I summoned a Xorn—an earth elemental noted for its speed—and asked it to scout the caves of the Dragon's lair for me.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A fictional monster that devours earthen and silicate materials and can move freely through earth."
      ],
      "id": "en-xorn-en-noun-ZWtak6Zu",
      "links": [
        [
          "fantasy",
          "fantasy"
        ],
        [
          "fictional",
          "fictional"
        ],
        [
          "monster",
          "monster"
        ],
        [
          "earthen",
          "earthen"
        ],
        [
          "silicate",
          "silicate"
        ],
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fantasy) A fictional monster that devours earthen and silicate materials and can move freely through earth."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fantasy"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Monster Manual",
        "Xorn (Dungeons & Dragons)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/zoɹn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zo̞ɹn]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "xorn"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "First appeared in the original Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual (1977).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "xorns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xorn",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "xorn"
      },
      "expansion": "xorn (plural xorns or xorn)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English indeclinable nouns",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Dungeons & Dragons",
        "en:Fantasy",
        "en:Fictional abilities",
        "en:Fictional characters"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, David Damerell, “Where are they come from?^([sic]) ;)”, in rec.games.roguelike.development (Usenet):",
          "text": "Various monsters can tunnel through rock - either humanoid monsters with picks or rock eaters like rock moles and umber hulks; and some monsters like xorns and ghosts can pass through it without digging.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, bear, “Makes Lovely Julienne Ogres....”, in rec.games.roguelike.angband (Usenet):",
          "text": "Teleporting from an open room where there were a dozen black orcs firing bows at me and more pouring in through both doors a few nights ago didn't work the first two times, then when it did work it landed me, low on mana and hitpoints, in a room full of gnome mages who instantly summoned four umber hulks and a xorn!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Roger Bourke White, Rostov Rising: The Tales of Baron Rostov, page 229:",
          "text": "That afternoon, I summoned a Xorn—an earth elemental noted for its speed—and asked it to scout the caves of the Dragon's lair for me.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A fictional monster that devours earthen and silicate materials and can move freely through earth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fantasy",
          "fantasy"
        ],
        [
          "fictional",
          "fictional"
        ],
        [
          "monster",
          "monster"
        ],
        [
          "earthen",
          "earthen"
        ],
        [
          "silicate",
          "silicate"
        ],
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fantasy) A fictional monster that devours earthen and silicate materials and can move freely through earth."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fantasy"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Monster Manual",
        "Xorn (Dungeons & Dragons)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/zoɹn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zo̞ɹn]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "xorn"
}