dragonborn

English

Etymology

From dragon +‎ born.

Adjective

dragonborn (not comparable)

1. (fantasy) Born with some physical or spiritual connection to dragons.
   • 2014, Dallas S. Paskell, Medieval: Book of Blood:

     A single dragonborn guard held the door.

Noun

dragonborn (plural dragonborn)

1. (fantasy) A person born with some physical or spiritual connection to dragons.
   • 2006, Murray J. D. Leeder, Son of Thunder, page 220:

     “Powerful magic and tangled, dragonborn,” the Shepherd woman said.

   • 2011, Erik Scott De Bie, Shadowbane:

     A big man, he stood at least as tall as Shara and maybe as tall as Roghar, with shoulders almost as wide as the dragonborn’s.

   • 2011, Michael J. Tresca, The Evolution of Fantasy Role-Playing Games, page 81:

     Dragonborn […] first appeared in the Dragons of Despair module (1984) for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons as “dragonmen.”