SAGA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

adventure story; heroic tale (a story of an adventure)

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