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PIED PIPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning
Synonyms:
Pied Piper; Pied Piper of Hamelin
Classified under:
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 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)
