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dragonback

noun

Etymology

From dragon + back, after horseback.

  1. inherited from *bʰeg-✻ — “to bend”
  2. inherited from *baką✻
  3. inherited from *bak✻
  4. inherited from bæc
  5. inherited from bak
  6. compounded as dragonback — “dragon + back”

Definitions

  1. The back of a dragon (for riding).

    • Princess Rhaenys Targaryen became a Velaryon when she married Lord Corlys at age 16, arriving to the wedding on dragonback—a very boss move, in our opinion.

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