noun. A huge statue.

noun. Something likened to a huge statue, as in size or importance.

noun. A statue of gigantic size; specifically (usually with a capital), the bronze statue of Apollo at Rhodes, which is said to have been 70 cubits high, and was reckoned among the seven wonders of the world.

noun. 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.

noun. Any man or beast of gigantic size.

noun. A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

noun. Any creature or thing of gigantic size.

noun. someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

noun. a person of exceptional importance and reputation

"Three times in one week a visitor showed up at my office early in the morning: an enormous, thick-boned man with sparkling blue eyes — a colossus from the Securitate."

anomaly  important person  influential person  personage  unusual person  

Manassas  proboscis  

'bobblefoot'  cypress-tree  flabby  mammae  superwoman  

Antaeus  Atlas  Briareus  Brobdingnagian  Charles Atlas  

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