giants

Noun

giant (plural giants)

1. A mythical human or humanoid of very great size.
   • The Dwarf then swelled and grew higher and higher till he became a monstrous Giant, and vanished in the air, while the old people were praying to God and thanking him for their deliverance.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 99
2. Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
3. An eoten or jotun.
   • The giants also had been outlawed along with Satan because they had fought against god.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 21
4. A very tall and large person.
   • "It's barbarous, Norsus." "It's Rome," said the giant flatly.1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 65
5. A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
6. A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature.

   Synonyms:

   giant star

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