robin goodfellow

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   a mischievous sprite of English folklore

   SynonymsPuck

   Broaderfairy

Questions about robin goodfellow

What does robin goodfellow mean?

robin goodfellow means "a mischievous sprite of English folklore".

What is another word for robin goodfellow?

Close synonyms include Puck. 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 robin goodfellow a common word?

robin goodfellow 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.