gentle giant
Definition of gentle giant
a large but gentle person or animal
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gentleplay
: belonging to a family of high social station
: chivalrous
: honorable, distinguished
: a person of gentle (see 1gentle 1a) birth or status
: to raise from the commonalty : ennoble
: to make gentler
: to make (an animal) tame and docile
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giantplay
: a legendary humanlike being of great stature and strength
: a living being of great size
: a person of extraordinary powers
: having extremely large size, proportion, or power
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