Snow white
/snoʊ(h)waɪt/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of snow-white. alt-of, alternative
Proper Noun
- 1 A fairy tale, the best-known version of Schneewittchen collected by the Brothers Grimm, in which a beautiful young girl is targeted by a jealous queen and tended by dwarfs.
- 2 The main character in that story.
"The discovery of male Cinderellas and Snow Whites in modern Turkish folklore invites further meditations and investigations."
- 3 A fictional character in the fairy tale Snow-White and Rose-Red, from Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot collected by the Brothers Grimm.
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More examples"The discovery of male Cinderellas and Snow Whites in modern Turkish folklore invites further meditations and investigations."
Etymology
Calque of German Schneewittchen (literally “white as snow”).