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RIP VAN WINKLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world when he wakens
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 person who sleeps a lot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Rip van Winkle" is a kind of...):
sleeper; slumberer (a rester who is sleeping)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A person oblivious to social changes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Rip van Winkle" is a kind of...):
diehard; traditionalist (one who adheres to traditional views)
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