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kobold definition

ko·bold (kō′bôld′, -bäld′)

noun

  1. a helpful or mischievous sprite in households
  2. a gnome in mines and other underground places

Etymology: Ger < MHG kobolt, a household spirit < kobe, a hut (akin to cove) + -olt < ? walten, to rule (see wield) or holde, spirit

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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