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midget definition

midget (mij′it)

noun

  1. a person who is much smaller than average, with head, limbs, and trunk proportionate to each other in size
  2. anything very small of its kind

Etymology: dim. of midge

adjective

very small of its kind; miniature

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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