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Goliath

noun Go·li·ath \ gə-ˈlī-əth \

Definition of Goliath

1 : a Philistine champion who in I Samuel 17 is killed by David
2 : giant

Examples of goliath in a Sentence

  1. the family-owned company lost the contract to a multibillion-dollar Goliath

Origin and Etymology of goliath

Hebrew Golyath

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