English Explanatory Dictionary

firedrake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fire-breathing dragon.
  2. A fiery meteor, an ignis fatuus, a rocket
  3. A kind of firework
  4. A worker at a furnace or fire

Word forms

firedrake firedrakes

Etymology

From Middle English firdrake, from Old English fȳrdraca (“fire-spewing dragon”), equivalent to fire + drake.

Related words

earthdrake seadrake
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