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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Goblin

/gäb'-lĭn/ · Gob·lin · IPA /ˈɡɑb.lɪn/
01 n. An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.
  1. 1.
    An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.
    “To whom the goblin, full of wrath, replied.” Milton.