Titan

Titan means a very large or powerful person or thing.

(noun)

An example of a titan is the United States economy and how it affects the rest of the world.

The definition of a Titan is a giant in Greek mythology.

(noun)

An example of a Titan is the character Goliath from the Bible.

See Titan in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Old Poet. Helios
Gr. Myth. any of a race of giant deities who are overthrown by the Olympian gods
any person or thing of great size or power
the largest of the satellites of Saturn: the only one in the solar system known to have a permanent atmosphere

Origin: ME < L < Gr (pl. Titanes)

See Titan in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Greek Mythology One of a family of giants, the children of Uranus and Gaea, who sought to rule heaven and were overthrown and supplanted by the family of Zeus.
titan One of prodigious size, strength, or achievement: “the twin titans of the beverage industry” (David Barboza).
A satellite of Saturn.

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Origin: Middle English, Helios

Origin: , from Latin Tītān

Origin: , from Greek

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