the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A pagoda.
n. An idol.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A pagoda; hence, any Oriental temple.
n. An image of a deity; an idol.
Word Usage
"Tyrant or liberator, lawgiver or law-breaker, depending on how you look at him, Byron's "little pagod" remains, for his admirers, the incarnation of the romantic genius."