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Little Giant   /lˈɪtəl dʒˈaɪənt/   Listen
Little Giant

noun
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).  Synonyms: Douglas, Stephen A. Douglas, Stephen Arnold Douglas.






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"Little Giant" Quotes from Famous Books



... brave Pole who fought for our freedom), Webster, Sumner, Henry (Patrick), Jackson (doughty general and President), Breckinridge, Hancock (signer of the Declaration of Independence), Lafayette, Clay, Pocahontas, Calhoun, Randolph, Monroe, Franklin, Jefferson, Clark (the explorer), Douglas (the "Little Giant"), Adams, Whitman (the Presbyterian missionary, who saved to the United States Washington and Oregon, by a heroic episode which deserves the perpetual gratitude of those States), Custer (the general slain in Indian warfare), Union (to commemorate the preservation of our ...
— A Hero and Some Other Folks • William A. Quayle



Words linked to "Little Giant" :   pol, political leader, politician, politico



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