colossuses

Variant of colossus

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

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