giantling

English

Etymology

From giant +‎ -ling.

Noun

giantling (plural giantlings)

  1. A young giant.
    • 1982, Richard Ellmann, James Joyce, page 89:
      No dramatist of European stature had emerged from the theatre. The artists were not giants but giantlings.
    • 2008, Michele Avanti, GreeHee the Journey of Five:
      My mother died giving birth to me and I often thought while a giantling that I had killed her.
    • 2011, J.A. Giunta, Only The Strong:
      The Giantling was furious, but the mercenary turned Lord was not daunted.

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