English noun: pied piper | |||
1. | pied piper (person) a leader who entices people to follow (especially to their doom) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | leader | ||
2. | Pied Piper (person) the title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning | ||
Synonyms | Pied Piper of Hamelin | ||
Instance hypernym | character, fictional character, fictitious character | ||