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PAUL BUNYAN

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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Nouns denoting people

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)

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