- 1 (in stories) a creature like a small man, who has magic powers and who is usually described as living and working under the ground, especially working with metal
- 2(sometimes offensive) an extremely small person, who will never grow to a normal size because of a physical problem; a person suffering from dwarfism There is no other word that is generally considered more acceptable. See related entries: Body shape Word OriginOld English dweorg, dweorh, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dwerg and German Zwerg.
dwarf
nounBrE BrE//dwɔːf//; NAmE NAmE//dwɔːrf//
(pl. dwarfs, dwarves BrE BrE//dwɔːvz//; NAmE NAmE//dwɔːrvz//
) Body shapeCheck pronunciation: dwarf
