Definition of colossus Colossus
/kʌlɑˈsʌs/ - [kulasus] - co•los•sus
We found 9 definitions of colossus from 6 different sources.
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What does colossus mean?
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NounPlural: colossuses |
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| colossus - a person of exceptional importance and reputation | ||
| behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titan | ||
| important person, influential person, personage a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | ||
| colossus - someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful | ||
| giant, goliath, behemoth, monster | ||
| unusual person, anomaly (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun) | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- colossus (n.)
A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes. - colossus (n.)
Any man or beast of gigantic size.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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colossus
Anything colossal, gigantic, or very powerful.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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colossus
kol-os′us, n. a gigantic statue, esp. that of Apollo astride the entrance of the harbour of Rhodes.—adjs. Coloss′al, like a colossus: gigantic; Coloss′alwise, astride (Shak.).—ns. Colossē′um, Colisē′um, Vespasian's amphitheatre at Rome, which was the largest in the world. [L.,—Gr. kolossos.]
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🔤- colossus, noun, singular of colossi / colossuses.
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