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giantesse

giantesse is the obsolete form of giantess.

Meaning of giantess

Noun

giantess (plural giantesses)

  1. A female giant.
    • He spide far off a mighty Giauntesse / Fast flying, on a Courser dapled gray […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of giantesse

pluralgiantesses

Questions about giantesse

What is giantesse the obsolete form of?
Giantesse is the obsolete form of giantess.

Words near giantesse in the dictionary

  1. giantdom
  2. giante
  3. giantes
  4. giantesque
  5. giantess
  6. giantesse
  7. giantesses
  8. gianthood
  9. giantin
  10. giantish
  11. giantism

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