orc
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- noun
- /ɔrk/
- Literature
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orco
- The story described an orc as an enormous creature with sharp tusks and a fierce growl.
- army of orcs
- orcs and trolls
- an orc commander
Did you see his, the albino orc?
- Did you see his, the albino orc?
- It follows our main character, who is an orc who had been kind of an assassin, I suppose.
- Do you barricade your bedroom doors as if there's an orc army downstairs coming to get into your dwelling?
- So I'm going to put on this orc mask because I can't walk the floor at Comic Con as me and out in the middle with everybody.
- You know, what is it like for these, these, these orcs, for example?
- The Ant tells us in the Lord of the Rings that the trolls are made by the enemy in mockery of ants, as the orcs were of eggs.
Examples
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Do you know how the orcs first came into being?
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These Orc armies you speak of, Mithrandir... where are they?
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The time of the Orc has come.
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And now here comes this entire orc army streaming down the hills.
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My men tell me that you are Orc spies.
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Guards are busy protecting the border from orcs right now.
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LOW ANGLE ON: High atop the rocks, an ORC WARG RIDER watches them...
Fiction book (2002) -
In a world where humans live alongside orcs and fairies, Jeremy's laughing.
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The Uruk-hai and orcs continue to run across the open plains with their hobbit captives.
Fiction book (2002) -
Angles on: The sea of spear grows ever closer... An orc commander stands atop a rock, urging the sea of Uruk-hai onward.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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A large frightening imaginary creature often made of human and animal parts
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A large ugly giant that eats people in fairy tales
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An imaginary being like a dragon or unicorn with magical powers
How Fierce
Surface Forms
Etymology
Orc comes from the old name Orcus for a god of the underworld and from the Italian word orco meaning 'monster', and it is the same source as the English word ogre. So, an orc became the fierce, large creature we meet in many fantasy stories.