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   goblin

   /ˈɡɒblɪn/

   noun

   • 1. (in folklore and fantasy fiction) a mischievous, ugly creature resembling a dwarf.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French gobelin, possibly related to German Kobold (see kobold) or to Greek kobalos ‘mischievous goblin’. In medieval Latin Gobelinus occurs as the name of a mischievous spirit, said to haunt Évreux in northern France in the 12th century.

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