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Goliath definition

Go·li·ath (gə lī′ət̸h)

noun

  1. Bible the Philistine giant killed by David with a stone shot from a sling: 1 Sam. 17:4, 49
  2. any person, esp. an adversary, thought of as being a giant or gigantic

Etymology: LL(Ec) < Heb golyat

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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