colossuses

Variant of colossus

colossus definition

co·los·sus (kə läs′əs)

noun pl. colossi -·los′si′ (-ī′) or colossuses -·los′·suses

  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

Etymology: ME < L < Gr kolossos

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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