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Definition of leviathan noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

leviathan

noun
 
/ləˈvaɪəθən/
 
/ləˈvaɪəθən/
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  1. (in the Bible) a very large sea monster
  2. (literary) a very large and powerful thing
    • the leviathan of government bureaucracy
    3. Word Originvia late Latin from Hebrew liwyāt̲ān.
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