PROCRUSTES

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• PROCRUSTES (noun)
  The noun PROCRUSTES has 1 sense:

1. (Greek mythology) a mythical giant who was a thief and murderer; he would capture people and tie them to an iron bed, stretching them or hacking off their legs to make them fit; was killed by Theseus

  Familiarity information: PROCRUSTES used as a noun is very rare.

• PROCRUSTES (noun)

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Meaning:

(Greek mythology) a mythical giant who was a thief and murderer; he would capture people and tie them to an iron bed, stretching them or hacking off their legs to make them fit; was killed by Theseus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)