dragon

Less common meanings

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   sea fishnouncountable

   A sea dragon, a sea animal that looks a bit like the dragon in stories.

   At the aquarium, a tiny sea dragon floated among the seaweed, looking just like a plant.

   Like male seahorses, male sea dragons carry the eggs until they hatch.

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   Chinanounwith the

   The country of China, today or in the days of its emperors.

   As Beijing built more ports and roads, the world watched the Dragon wake up.

   Some writers call China the Dragon when they talk about its power.

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   mahjong tilenouncountable

   In the game mahjong, one of the white, green, or red tiles called dragons.

   She picked up a red dragon and smiled at her tiles.

   He needed one more green dragon to finish his set.

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   star groupnounwith the

   The star group Draco, whose name means dragon in Latin.

   On clear nights, we use a star map to find the Dragon.

   The tail of the Dragon lies between the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper.

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   nounslangcountable

   A man who dresses as a woman, often to perform on stage, or sometimes a trans woman.

   Yes. Butt shots. Everybody can't afford lipo and fat transfers. Especially dragons. So if they want to pay me top dollar to pump their ass up that's what I'm gonna do, and you've benefited from it.

   December 2017 Miss Lawrence as Miss Bruce, "Climax" Star episode 21Here, dragons refers to men who perform in drag, dressed as women.

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    nounslangderogatoryUKcountable

    A woman that someone thinks is not nice to look at.

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    nounrarecountable

    A computer program that runs quietly in the background and does jobs for the system.

    Many of the postmaster functions are actually handled by computer software such as dragons and mailer daemons.

    2018, J. K. Petersen, Fiber Optics Illustrated DictionaryHere, dragons means computer programs that run quietly in the background.

    Similardaemon

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    nounobsolete

    A huge snake, like a python.

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    noun

    An old gun with a short, wide barrel that opened out at the end, often clipped to a soldier's belt.

    our dragoons were so denominated because they were armed with dragons, that is, with short muskets, which spouted fire like dragons, and had the head of a dragon wrought upon their muzzle

    1886, Charles Gould, Mythical MonstersHere, dragons means short muskets with a wide mouth, carried by soldiers.
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    noun

    One kind of carrier pigeon, a bird kept for flying home with messages.
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    nounobsolete

    In old stories, a glowing light over a swamp that seemed to fly like a snake with wings.