From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtitanti‧tan, Titan /ˈtaɪtn/ noun [countable] STRONG PERSONa very strong or important person SYN giant
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titan• Turetzky, meanwhile, is a titan of the double-bass.• a titan of the Hollywood film industry• This flawed titan bestrides the history of his age like a colossus.• The industrial titans of beer responded with their own so-called specialty brands.• Even so, several titans of the independence movement survived him and one - Lal Bahadur Shastri - succeeded him.• And the latest clash of pocket-sized titans is Nintendo's GameBoy versus Atari's Lynx.• Doomsday cuts a swathe across the States and takes on Superman in a clash of the titans.• A young titan enters the decisive phase of his life when he resolves on marriage and career.Origin titan (1800-1900) From the Titans 