n. 1 Bibl. a sea-monster. 2 anything very large or powerful, esp. a ship. 3 an autocratic monarch or State (in allusion to a book by Hobbes, 1651).
[ ME f. LL f. Heb. liwyatan ]
n. 1 Bibl. a sea-monster. 2 anything very large or powerful, esp. a ship. 3 an autocratic monarch or State (in allusion to a book by Hobbes, 1651).
[ ME f. LL f. Heb. liwyatan ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012