ogre Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a cruel wicked and inhuman person
    devil; demon; monster; fiend.
  2. noun (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings

WordNet

O"gre noun
Etymology
F., fr. Sp. ogro, fr. L. Orcus the god of the infernal regions; also, the lower world, hell.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913