Ogre \O"gre\ ([=o]"g[~e]r), n. [F., fr. Sp. ogro, fr. L. Orcus the god of the infernal regions; also, the lower world, hell.] An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster.
His schoolroom must have resembled an ogre's den. --Maccaulay.
France long has been sensitive to the issue of control of its press, and is particularly sensitive about Mr. Murdoch, who is viewed in France as something of an ogre.
Writes George Day, editor of Cruising World magazine: "For 130 years the New York Yacht Club had defended the cup and, in every match, the club had been maligned as a manipulative ogre.
His father became an ogre of Costa Rican democracy by attempting to overturn the results of the 1948 election.
How far into the future, for example, can a couple hope to extend their payments in order to lower the montly burden? Perhaps the most reassuring evidence comes from the Federal Reserve, often considered an ogre on such matters.
The resulting portrait of a dissipated ogre who can't spell is duly presented in hardback form to the public, which in turn is so shocked and disgusted that it forces itself to buy the biography by the millions.
It's a bit hard to paint AT&T as an ogre when so many Americans own Ma Bell stock, either directly or beneficially through pension plans.