Giant

n. [O. Eng. geant, from Fr. géant, Pr. jaian, jaant, gigant, Sp., Pg., & It. gigante, A-S. gigant, from Lat. gigas, gigantis, Gr. γίγας, γίγαντος, properly i. q. γηγενής, earth-born, γενεά, from γῆ, the earth, and νέω. [See GENESIS. The ancients believed the first inhabitants of the earth to be produced from the ground, and to be of enormous size.] 1. A man of extraordinary bulk and stature. Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise. Milton. 2. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual. Giant's Causeway (Geog.), a vast collection of basaltic pillars in the county of Antrim, on the northern coast of Ireland.