Usually means: Mythical giant from Portuguese literature.
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  1. adamastor: Wiktionary
  2. Adamastor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. Adamastor: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  4. Adamastor: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Definitions from Wikipedia (Adamastor)

noun:  a mythological character created by the Portuguese poet Luís de Camões in his epic poem Os Lusíadas (first printed in 1572), as a personification of the Cape of Good Hope, symbolizing the dangers of the sea and the formidable forces of nature challenged and ultimately overcome by the Portuguese during the Age of Discovery.

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