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  • noun baseball A player on the team the San Francisco Giants.
  • noun American football A player on the team the New York Giants.

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Examples

  • And there stands the giant to this day; or, at any rate, there stands a mountain as tall as he, and which bears his name; and when the thunder rumbles about its summit, we may imagine it to be the voice of Giant

    Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People Various 1880

  • Then the King's second daughter wanted a silver crown like that she had when she was with the second giant; and the King's youngest daughter wanted a copper crown, like that she had when she was with the third Giant; and the Eagle fetched them both for the young man, and the smith took them to the King's daughters.

    Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning With Some Account of Dwellers in Fairyland John Thackray Bunce 1863

  • There is no need to tell you the adventures of Jack the Giant Killer; how he kills the Cornish giant Cormoran by tumbling him into a pit and striking him on the head with a pick-axe; how he strangles Giant

    Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning With Some Account of Dwellers in Fairyland John Thackray Bunce 1863

  • And there stands the giant, to this day; or, at any rate, there stands a mountain as tall as he, and which bears his name; and when the thunder rumples about its summit, we may imagine it to be the voice of Giant

    The Three Golden Apples (From: "A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys") Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

  • The winner will receive a giant Easter Egg plus a family gym membership for 3 months courtesy of Shaw Hill Hotel, Golf and Country Club, the runner up will also receive a Giant

    unknown title 2009

  • The winner will receive a giant Easter Egg plus a family gym membership for 3 months courtesy of Shaw Hill Hotel, Golf and Country Club, the runner up will also receive a Giant

    unknown title 2009

  • The winner will receive a giant Easter Egg plus a family gym membership for 3 months courtesy of Shaw Hill Hotel, Golf and Country Club, the runner up will also receive a Giant

    unknown title 2009

  • The winner will receive a giant Easter Egg plus a family gym membership for 3 months courtesy of Shaw Hill Hotel, Golf and Country Club, the runner up will also receive a Giant

    unknown title 2009

  • Of course, I can only hope it does well, so it can be released as a DVD with a director's cut that's thirty minutes longer, with the title Giant-Sized Man-Thing

    Woohoo! yendi 2005

  • JOE: I spent half of last season dressed in what she refers to as "Giant Joe's Giant Jumpsuit."

    Exclusive: The Men of True Blood Revealed! 2011

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