PYGMY

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• PYGMY (noun)
  The noun PYGMY has 2 senses:

1. an unusually small individual

2. any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet

  Familiarity information: PYGMY used as a noun is rare.

• PYGMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unusually small individual

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

pigmy; pygmy

Hypernyms ("pygmy" is a kind of...):

small person (a person of below average size)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Pigmy; Pygmy

Hypernyms ("Pygmy" is a kind of...):

small person (a person of below average size)

 Context examples 

Surely to assault truth is a more serious misdemeanor than to insult a pygmy personality such as the judge's.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)