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BRIAREAN

\bɹˈa͡ɪ͡əɹi͡ən], \bɹˈa‍ɪ‍əɹi‍ən], \b_ɹ_ˈaɪə_ɹ_iə_n]\

Definitions of BRIAREAN

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

br[=i]-[=a]'re-an, adj. relating to Briareus, a hundred-handed giant: hence many-handed. [Gr.--briaros, strong.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Like the giant Briareos, Briareus, with his hundred arms.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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