Definition of Giantess

1. Noun. A female giant.

Generic synonyms: Giant

Definition of Giantess

1. n. A woman of extraordinary size.

Definition of Giantess

1. Noun. A female giant. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Giantess

1. a female giant [n -ES] - See also: giant

Medical Definition of Giantess

1. A woman of extraordinary size. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Giantess

giant stars
giant stock bean
giant sunflower
giant taro
giant timber bamboo
giant tortoise
giant tortoises
giant tube worm
giant urticaria
giant virus
giant water bug
giant willowherb
giant wood rail
giant wood rails
giantess (current term)
giantesses
giantin
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giantlike
giantly
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giantries
giantry

Literary usage of Giantess

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Schat-chen: History, Traditions and Narratives of the Queres Indians of by John Malcolm Gunn (1917)
"About that time an old giantess appeared on the scene, attracted, ... The girl was very much frightened at the huge being, the giantess was as big as a ..."

2. Scandinavian Folk-lore: Illustrations of the Traditional Beliefs of the by William Alexander Craigie (1896)
"The giantess and her Sons. ON the fields of Hede-gaard in the parish of Vrads lies a long grave-mound, which goes under the name of " The giantess. ..."

3. Romances and Epics of Our Northern Ancestors: Norse, Celt and Teuton by Wilhelm Wägner (1907)
"And indeed he soon had enough to do to defend himself, for the giantess now ... At last the giantess threw him on his back, pressing his hands and arms as ..."

4. Fleurs-de-lys: A Book of French Poetry Freely Tr. Into English Verse by Wilfrid Charles Thorley (1920)
"THE giantess I WOULD it had been mine in Time remote When Nature's womb a monstrous brood begat, Upon some maiden giantess to dote, As at a queen's feet ..."

5. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"An Indian tradition says that these volcanoes were once living beings, a giant and a giantess ... giantess ..."

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