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The definition of a colossus is someone or something of great size or importance or ability.

(noun)

  1. A statute that is larger than life-size is an example of a colossus.
  2. An extremely important and influential politician is an example of a colossus.

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noun pl. colossi or colossuses

  1. a gigantic statue
  2. the gigantic statue of Apollo set at the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes c. 280 and included among the Seven Wonders of the World
  3. any huge or important person or thing

Origin: ME < L < Gr kolossos

See colossus in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. co·los·si (-lŏsˈīˌ) or co·los·sus·es
  1. A huge statue.
  2. Something likened to a huge statue, as in size or importance: a colossus of bureaucracy.

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Origin: Latin

Origin: , from Greek kolossos

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