walter mitty

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   fictional character created by James Thurber who daydreams about his adventures and triumphs

   Broaderfictional character

Questions about walter mitty

What does walter mitty mean?

walter mitty means "fictional character created by James Thurber who daydreams about his adventures and triumphs".

Is walter mitty a common word?

walter mitty 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.