telamon

n. Architecture., pl. -mon·es (-mō'nēz).

A figure of a man used as a supporting pillar.

[Latin, from Greek telamōn, bearer.]

a draped male figure used like a caryatid as a supporting column or pilaster: atlas

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a figure of a man used as a supporting column
  Synonym: atlas

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