BUNYAN

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• BUNYAN (noun)
  The noun BUNYAN has 2 senses:

1. English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688)

2. a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada

  Familiarity information: BUNYAN used as a noun is rare.

• BUNYAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bunyan; John Bunyan

Instance hypernyms:

preacher; preacher man; sermoniser; sermonizer (someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel)

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bunyan; Paul Bunyan

Context example:

the lakes of Minnesota began when Paul Bunyan and Babe's footprints filled with water

Instance hypernyms:

character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))

faller; feller; logger; lumberjack; lumberman (a person who fells trees)