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Definition of Colossus

Colossus
Colossus Co*los"sus, n.; pl. L. Colossi, E. Colossuses. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes. He doth bestride the narrow world Like a colossus. --Shak. Note: There is no authority for the statement that the legs of the Colossus at Rhodes extended over the mouth of the harbor. --Dr. Wm. Smith. 2. Any man or beast of gigantic size.

Meaning of Colossus from wikipedia

- Look up colossus, colossi, or colossos in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Colossus, Colossos, or the plural Colossi or Colossuses, may refer to: Any exceptionally...
- The Colossus of Rhodes (Ancient Gr****: ὁ Κολοσσὸς Ῥόδιος, romanized: ho Kolossòs Rhódios; Modern Gr****: Κολοσσός της Ρόδου, romanized: Kolossós tis Ródou)...
- Shadow of the Colossus is a 2005 action-adventure game developed and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It takes place in...
- Colossus (Piotr "Peter" Nikolayevich Rasputin; Russian: Пётр Николаевич Распутин) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel...
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- Colossus: The Forbin Project (originally released as The Forbin Project) is a 1970 American science-fiction thriller film from Universal Pictures, produced...
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is a 2017 action-adventure and first-person shooter game developed by MachineGames and published by Bethesda Softworks...
- Colossus was a set of computers developed by British codebreakers in the years 1943–1945 to help in the cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher. Colossus used...
- "The New Colossus" is a sonnet by American poet Emma Lazarus (1849–1887). She wrote the poem in 1883 to raise money for the construction of a pedestal...
- Enters the Colossus is the debut EP by American hip hop artist Mr. Lif. It was released November 14, 2000, on the Def Jux record label. "DataBlend" – 3:20...