Snow white

//snoʊ(h)waɪt// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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. 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. 3
    A fictional character in the fairy tale Snow-White and Rose-Red, from Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot collected by the Brothers Grimm.
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of snow-white. alt-of, alternative

Etymology

Calque of German Schneewittchen (literally “white as snow”).

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