dragonborn

adj
/ˈdræɡᵊnbˈɔːn/UK/ˈdræɡənˈbɔɹn/US

Etymology

From dragon + born.

  1. derived from *beraną — “to bear, carry
  2. inherited from *buranaz
  3. inherited from *boran
  4. inherited from boren
  5. inherited from born
  6. compounded as dragonborn — “dragon + born

Definitions

  1. Born with some physical or spiritual connection to dragons.

    • A single dragonborn guard held the door.
  2. A person born with some physical or spiritual connection to dragons.

    • “Powerful magic and tangled, dragonborn,” the Shepherd woman said.
    • A big man, he stood at least as tall as Shara and maybe as tall as Roghar, with shoulders almost as wide as the dragonborn’s.
    • Dragonborn […] first appeared in the Dragons of Despair module (1984) for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons as “dragonmen.”

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA