Definition of gentle giant
:a large but gentle person or animal
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Updated on: 11 Sep 2017
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gentle
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: belonging to a family of high social station
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: chivalrous
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: honorable, distinguished
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: a person of gentle (see 1gentle 1a) birth or status
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: to raise from the commonalty : ennoble
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: to make gentler
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: to make (an animal) tame and docile
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giant
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: a legendary humanlike being of great stature and strength
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: a living being of great size
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: a person of extraordinary powers
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: having extremely large size, proportion, or power
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