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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 | ||
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