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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A young giant.

   "No dramatist of European stature had emerged from the theatre. The artists were not giants but giantlings."

Example

More examples

"No dramatist of European stature had emerged from the theatre. The artists were not giants but giantlings."

Etymology

From giant + -ling.

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