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PETER PAN

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

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Overview

PETER PAN (noun)
  The noun PETER PAN has 2 senses:

1. a boyish or immature man; after the boy in Barrie's play who never grows upplay

2. the main character in a play and novel by J. M. Barrie; a boy who won't grow upplay

  Familiarity information: PETER PAN used as a noun is rare.


English dictionary: Word details


PETER PAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A boyish or immature man; after the boy in Barrie's play who never grows up

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Peter Pan" is a kind of...):

adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))


Sense 2

Meaning:

The main character in a play and novel by J. M. Barrie; a boy who won't grow up

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))


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