noun
Igor
EE-gawr
noun
1
A stock character depicting a hunched, loyal lab assistant to a mad scientist or vampire, popularized by horror and monster films.
"The movie's Igor shuffled around the lab, fetching jars of strange specimens for his master."
How to Use Igor
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe stereotypical creepy lab assistant character from old horror films.
Easily confused with
Igor (the given name)
Word Forms
Igors plural, Igors plural
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Etymology
Taken from the Russian given name Igor, which traces back to an Old Norse name meaning roughly "army of the god Yngvi"; the horror-movie stock character became so familiar that the name turned into a generic label for that role.