- Brobdingnagians
- n. person from the imaginary land Brobdingnag in "Gulliver's Travels"; enormous person; giant adj. of or relating to the imaginary land Brobdingnag in "Gulliver's Travels"
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
Brobdingnagians
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