noun
1. English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688)
• Syn: ↑John Bunyan
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑preacher, ↑preacher man, ↑sermonizer, ↑sermoniser, ↑writer, ↑author
2. a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada
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Paul Bunyan had a blue ox named Babe
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the lakes of Minnesota began when Paul Bunyan and Babe's footprints filled with water
• Syn: ↑Paul Bunyan
• Instance Hypernyms:
↑fictional character, ↑fictitious character, ↑character, ↑lumberman, ↑lumberjack, ↑logger, ↑feller, ↑faller
Useful english dictionary. 2012.