Usually means: Two-headed giant, mythological creature.
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  1. ettin: Collins English Dictionary
  2. ettin: Wordnik
  3. ettin: Wiktionary
  4. Ettin, ettin: Dictionary.com
  5. ettin: Online Etymology Dictionary
  6. Ettin (Dungeons & Dragons), Ettin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Ettin: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. ettin: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Ettin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. ettin: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. ettin: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Ettin: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Ettin: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ettin)

▸ noun:  (dialectal, archaic, fantasy) A giant.
▸ noun:  (roleplaying games) A giant with two heads.

Similar:
giant, eoten, giantess, ice giant, Pallas, jötunn, jotunn, Lestrigon, jotun, ephialtes, more...

Opposite:
human, giant

Types:
two-headed, double-faced, Janus-like, bigfoot, sasquatch, yeti, abominable snowman, more...


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Similar:
giant, eoten, giantess, ice giant, Pallas, jötunn, jotunn, Lestrigon, jotun, ephialtes, more...

Opposite:
human, giant

Types:
two-headed, double-faced, Janus-like, bigfoot, sasquatch, yeti, abominable snowman, more...



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