peter pan

1. 1.

   a boyish or immature man; after the boy in Barrie's play who never grows up

   Broaderman
2. 2.

   the main character in a play and novel by J. M. Barrie; a boy who won't grow up

   Broaderfictional character

Questions about peter pan

What does peter pan mean?

peter pan means "a boyish or immature man; after the boy in Barrie's play who never grows up". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is peter pan a common word?

peter pan is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.