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SLEEPING BEAUTY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sleeping Beauty mean?
• SLEEPING BEAUTY (noun)
The noun SLEEPING BEAUTY has 3 senses:
1. fairy story: princess under an evil spell who could be awakened only by a prince's kiss
2. a person who is sleeping soundly
3. a potential takeover target that has not yet been put in play
Familiarity information: SLEEPING BEAUTY used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fairy story: princess under an evil spell who could be awakened only by a prince's kiss
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
princess (a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who is sleeping soundly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("sleeping beauty" is a kind of...):
sleeper; slumberer (a rester who is sleeping)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A potential takeover target that has not yet been put in play
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("sleeping beauty" is a kind of...):
takeover target; target company (a company that has been chosen as attractive for takeover by a potential acquirer)
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