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LITTLE GIANT

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Overview

LITTLE GIANT (noun)
  The noun LITTLE GIANT has 1 sense:

1. United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)play

  Familiarity information: LITTLE GIANT used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


LITTLE GIANT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Douglas; Little Giant; Stephen A. Douglas; Stephen Arnold Douglas

Instance hypernyms:

pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)


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