giant
Noun
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is a type of: important person, influential person, personage - a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
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is a type of: enterprise - an organization created for business ventures
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is a type of: large person - a person of greater than average size
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is a type of: anomaly, unusual person - a person who is unusual
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is a type of: imaginary being, imaginary creature - a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fictionsubtypes:
- argus - (Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes; was guardian of the heifer Io and was slain by Hermes
- cyclops - (Greek mythology) one of a group of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead
- giantess - a female giant
- ogre - (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
- jotun, jotunn - (Norse mythology) one of a group of giants often in conflict with the Aesir
- mimir - (Norse mythology) giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the well of wisdom
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is a type of: star - (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interiorspecific instances:same as: giant star
Adjective
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