Gorgon

See also: gorgon, Gorgoń, Gorgón, and gorĝon

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Gorgon m

1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – blue wildebeests, now Connochaetes taurinus. [from 1914]

References

• Connochaetes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Connochaetes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Connochaetes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “Gorgon”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

English

Proper noun

Gorgon

1. (obsolete) Synonym of Demogorgon (“a pagan god or demon”)
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act IIII, scene i:

     Uillain I tel thee, were that Tamburlaine
     As monſtrous as Gorgon, prince of Hel,
     The Souldan would not ſtart a foot from him.

Middle English

Noun

Gorgon

1. Alternative form of gorgon