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giantship

giantship noun: the state, personality, or character of a giant.

Noun

giantship (countable and uncountable, plural giantships)

  1. The state, personality, or character of a giant.
    • The real theme [of a story] may be, and perhaps usually is, something that has no sequence in it, something other than a process and much more like a state or quality. Giantship, otherness, the desolation of space, are examples that have crossed our path.1966, C. S. Lewis, On Stories
    Synonyms:
    giantness
  2. A term of address for a giant.
    • His Giantſhip is gone ſomewhat creſt-fall'n,1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 74

Synonyms of giantship

Forms of giantship

pluralgiantships

Origin of giantship

From giant + -ship.

Questions about giantship

What does giantship mean?
Giantship means the state, personality, or character of a giant.
What part of speech is giantship?
Giantship is a noun.
What is the plural of giantship?
The plural of giantship is giantships.

Words near giantship in the dictionary

  1. giantly
  2. giantness
  3. giantry
  4. giants
  5. Giants Creek
  6. giantship
  7. giantships
  8. giaour
  9. giaours
  10. Giapan
  11. Giaquinto

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