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COLOSSUS

\kəlˈɒsəs], \kəlˈɒsəs], \k_ə_l_ˈɒ_s_ə_s]\

Definitions of COLOSSUS

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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a person of exceptional importance and reputation

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a person of exceptional importance and reputation

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Any man or beast of gigantic size.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A statue of great size; any very great person or object.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A gigantic statue, esp. one anciently at Rhodes.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A gigantic statue, as of Apollo at ancient Rhodes.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

A statue of gigantic size.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. [Greek] A gigantic statue; especially that at Rhodes, which stood at the entrance of the harbour.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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