ogress

Etymology 1
Borrowed in the early 1700s from, equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) A female ogre.
 * 2) A fierce, unfriendly woman.
 * 1) A fierce, unfriendly woman.
 * 1) A fierce, unfriendly woman.

Related terms

 * orcess
 * goblette
 * trolless
 * trollette

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 女吃人魔, 女食人妖怪
 * Esperanto: ogrino
 * French:
 * Hebrew: אוֹגֶרֶת
 * Italian: orchessa
 * Japanese:
 * Malayalam: രാക്ഷസി
 * Marathi: राक्षसीण, राक्षसी, दानवी
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: flagd
 * Old Norse: flagð, gýgr
 * Russian: зла́я ба́ба(fierce woman)
 * Spanish:

Etymology 2
Uncertain. Attested in this form since 1572. The French term is only attested later (1611 in an English dictionary, 1690 in a French dictionary) and may be derived from English. The 1486 Book of Coat Armour in the Book of St. Albans says "gonestonys" are called "oglys" in heraldic blazon; perhaps someone in the 1500s misread ogles as ogres(s) and mistook the plural for a singular, compare the use of as a singular. The form agresses is found in some 18th century works, alongside ogresses.

Noun

 * 1)  A roundel sable.