English Explanatory Dictionary

reluctant dragon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A reluctant person; somebody unwilling to get involved.

Word forms

reluctant dragon reluctant dragons

Etymology

In reference to The Reluctant Dragon, an 1898 children's story by Kenneth Grahame about a shy dragon with no desire to fight people, adapted into a Walt Disney animated film in 1941.

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