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PIED PIPER

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Overview

PIED PIPER (noun)
  The noun PIED PIPER has 2 senses:

1. a leader who entices people to follow (especially to their doom)play

2. the title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browningplay

  Familiarity information: PIED PIPER used as a noun is rare.


English dictionary: Word details


PIED PIPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A leader who entices people to follow (especially to their doom)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("pied piper" is a kind of...):

leader (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Pied Piper; Pied Piper of Hamelin

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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