pied piper

  • 1Pied Piper — Album par Donovan Sortie 19 mars 2002 Enregistrement 2001 2002 Durée 49:09 Genre folk Producteur Leib Ostrow …

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  • 2Pied Piper — Pied Pip|er n 1.) the Pied Piper (of Hamelin) the main character in an old story about a man who got rid of all the rats from the town of Hamelin in Germany, by playing his ↑flute and making the rats follow him into the river and ↑drown in it.… …

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  • 3Pied Piper — n. 1. Gmc. Legend a musician who rids Hamelin of its rats by leading them with his piping to the river, where they drown: in revenge for not being paid, he pipes the village children to a mountain, where they disappear: in full Pied Piper of… …

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  • 4Pied Piper — Pied′ Pip′er n. 1) myt the hero of a German folk legend, popularized in The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1842) by Robert Browning, who charms the city s rats into a river with his magical pipe playing 2) (sometimes l.c.) a person who induces others to… …

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  • 5pied piper — noun count someone who other people follow or support but who may harm or leave them disappointed …

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  • 6Pied Piper — noun the title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning • Syn: ↑Pied Piper of Hamelin • Instance Hypernyms: ↑fictional character, ↑fictitious character, ↑character * * * ˌPied ˈPiper 7 [Pied Piper …

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  • 7pied piper — noun a leader who entices people to follow (especially to their doom) • Hypernyms: ↑leader * * * ˌPied ˈPiper 7 [Pied Piper] noun a person who persuades a lot of other people to follow them or do sth with them • …

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  • 8pied piper — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms pied piper : singular pied piper plural pied pipers someone who other people follow or support but who may harm them or leave them disappointed • Etymology: From the name of the main person in the traditional… …

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  • 9Pied Piper — /paɪd ˈpaɪpə/ (say puyd puypuh) noun 1. Also, Pied Piper of Hamelin. the hero of a German legend, popularised in English in 1842 by Robert Browning; the piper cleared the town of rats by luring them away with this music and later similarly lured… …

  • 10pied piper — noun Usage: often capitalized both Ps Etymology: the Pied Piper, hero of a German folktale who charmed the rats of Hameln, Germany, into a river Date: 1925 1. one that offers strong but delusive enticement 2. a leader who makes irresponsible… …

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