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BUNYAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada
Example:
the lakes of Minnesota began when Paul Bunyan and Babe's footprints filled with water
Synonyms:
Bunyan; Paul Bunyan
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))
faller; feller; logger; lumberjack; lumberman (a person who fells trees)
Sense 2
Meaning:
English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688)
Synonyms:
Bunyan; John Bunyan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
preacher; preacher man; sermoniser; sermonizer (someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel)
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
