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go·lem  (glm)
n.
In Jewish folklore, an artificially created human supernaturally endowed with life.
[Hebrew glem, lump, clod, fool, from glam, to wrap up; see glm in Semitic roots.]
golem [ˈgəʊlɛm]
n
(Myth & Legend / Non-European Myth & Legend) (in Jewish legend) an artificially created human being brought to life by supernatural means
[from Yiddish goylem, from Hebrew gōlem formless thing]
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Noun1.golem - (Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural meansgolem - (Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means
folklore - the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture
Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
mythical being - an imaginary being of myth or fable
2.golem - a mechanism that can move automaticallygolem - a mechanism that can move automatically
robot, automaton
android, humanoid, mechanical man - an automaton that resembles a human being
mechanism - device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
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