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Pied Piper

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Noun

1. pied piper

a leader who entices people to follow (especially to their doom)

2. pied piper, pied piper of hamelin

the title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pied Piper

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noun
1. Also called: the Pied Piper of Hamelin
(in German legend) a piper who rid the town of Hamelin of rats by luring them away with his music and then, when he was not paid for his services, lured away its children
2. (sometimes not capitals)
a person who entices others to follow him

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Pied Piper

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1.  German Legend
a musician who rids Hamelin of its rats by leading them with his piping to the river, where they drown: in revenge for not being paid, he pipes the village children to a mountain, where they disappear
: in full Pied Piper of Hamelin
2.  [also p- p-]
a leader whom people willingly follow, often, specif., one who leads others into danger or trouble by means of elaborate, false promises

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pied Piper

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n.
1. A person who offers others strong yet delusive enticements.
2. One, such as a leader, who makes irresponsible promises.

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