giant
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Definition of giant
14 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A mythical human or humanoid of very great size.
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noun
- A mythical human or humanoid of very great size.
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Specifically:
“The giants also had been outlawed along with Satan because they had fought against god.”
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A very tall and large person.
“"It's barbarous, Norsus." "It's Rome," said the giant flatly.”
- A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
- A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature.
- An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
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A very large organization.
“The retail giant is set to acquire two more struggling high-street chains.”
“Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson says it will continue to sell its talc-based Johnson's Baby Powder in the UK and the rest of the world, despite stopping sales in the US and Canada.”
“Swiss food giant Nestlé confirmed the theft, which disappeared while traveling from central Italy to Poland.”
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A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
“But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…].”
“she's not the intellectual giant”
- A maneuver involving a full rotation around an axis while fully extended.
- A player for the San Francisco Giants.
- A player for the New York Giants.
- (Greek)A Gigas, a member of the Gigantes, a race of giants who defied the gods.
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(not-comparable)Very large.
“The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters …. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English geaunt, geant, from Old French geant, gaiant (Modern French géant) from Vulgar Latin *gagās, gagant-, from Latin gigās, gigant-, from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”). Cognate to giga- (“1,000,000,000”). Displaced native Old English ent, eoten, and þyrs. Compare Modern English ent (“giant tree-man”), ettin ("a giant"), and thurse ("a giant").
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