pied piper of hamelin

1. 1.

   the title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning

   SynonymsPied Piper

   Broaderfictional character

Questions about pied piper of hamelin

What does pied piper of hamelin mean?

pied piper of hamelin means "the title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning".

What is another word for pied piper of hamelin?

Close synonyms include Pied Piper. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pied piper of hamelin a common word?

pied piper of hamelin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.