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noun
Alternative spelling of boggard (A bogey, a ghost)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
A shapeshifting monster that feeds on fear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fantasy
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History
Variant of boggard, recorded since 18th century. As a monster that feeds on fear, coined by British novelist J. K. Rowling in 1999 in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
