Gorgon
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Gorgon m
- (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
- (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
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