A mythical, nocturnal creature; a hobgoblin.
Any imagined fear or threat, or a fear presumed larger than it really is.
Any creature or thing of gigantic size.
Somebody or something very greatly admired and respected.
A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.