giantess

noun

gi·ant·ess ˈjī-ən-təs

Synonyms of giantess

: a female giant

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Maybe her fans didn’t recognize her because the performer is a giantess and the person is merely person-size. — Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024 Leppaluoi, their dad, is lazy and stays in the cave, and their mom, Gryla, is a giantess who seeks out naughty children to add to her stew. — Carlie Procell, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025 But don’t forget in those days the Guinness Book of World Records defined a giantess as a woman six-foot-two and over. — Jane Smiley june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025 Released in 1958, Attack told of a wealthy heiress, fresh from a stint at a mental institution, who is turned into a giantess and then deals with her philandering husband and his no-good, money-grubbing floozy. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for giantess

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14th century, in the meaning defined above

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