English noun: Rip van Winkle | |||
1. | Rip van Winkle (person) a person oblivious to social changes | ||
Broader (hypernym) | diehard, traditionalist | ||
2. | Rip van Winkle (person) a person who sleeps a lot | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sleeper, slumberer | ||
3. | Rip van Winkle (person) the title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world when he wakens | ||
Instance hypernym | character, fictional character, fictitious character | ||