Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun procrustes

1 sense of procrustes

Sense 1
Procrustes -- ((Greek mythology) a mythical giant who was a thief and murderer; he would capture people and tie them to an iron bed, stretching them or hacking off their legs to make them fit; was killed by Theseus)
       INSTANCE OF=> mythical being -- (an imaginary being of myth or fable)