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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings;
[syn: goblin, hob, hobgoblin]

2. an object of dread or apprehension;
- Example: "Germany was always a bugbear for France"
- Example: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson
[syn: bugbear, hobgoblin]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hobgoblin \Hob"gob`lin\, n. [See 2d Hob, and Goblin.]
   A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly
   given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. --Macaulay.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hobgoblin
    n 1: (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that
         makes trouble for human beings [syn: goblin, hob,
         hobgoblin]
    2: an object of dread or apprehension; "Germany was always a
       bugbear for France"; "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin
       of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson [syn: bugbear,
       hobgoblin]