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galatea definition

gala·tea (gal′ə tē′ə)

noun

a strong, twill cotton cloth, often striped, used for play clothes, uniforms, etc.

Etymology: after a 19th-c. Eng warship H.M.S. Galatea: the fabric was used to make sailor suits for little boys

Galatea definition

Gala·tea (gal′ə tē′ə)

noun

Gr. Myth. a statue of a maiden which is given life by Aphrodite after its sculptor, Pygmalion, falls in love with it: name applied in post-classical times

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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