'Colossuses' definitions:

Definition of 'Colossuses'

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  • Colossus \Co*los"sus\, n.; pl. L. Colossi, E. Colossuses. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • He doth bestride the narrow world Like a colossus. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: There is no authority for the statement that the legs of the Colossus at Rhodes extended over the mouth of the harbor. --Dr. Wm. Smith. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any man or beast of gigantic size. [1913 Webster]

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