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CINDERELLA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fictional young girl who is saved from her stepmother and stepsisters by her fairy godmother and a handsome prince

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))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Cinderella" is a kind of...):

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

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