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Colossus   /kəlˈɑsəs/   Listen
Colossus

noun
(pl. L. colossi, E. colossuses)
1.
Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful.  Synonyms: behemoth, giant, goliath, monster.
2.
A person of exceptional importance and reputation.  Synonyms: behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titan.



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"Colossus" Quotes from Famous Books



... grand lords of the forest I will also mention the ple pra, a colossus that, modestly, but without avarice, supplies the Sakai ...
— My Friends the Savages - Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) • Giovanni Battista Cerruti


Words linked to "Colossus" :   unusual person, colossal, goliath, behemoth, important person, personage, anomaly, influential person


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