pied piper
/P AY1 D P AY0 P ER0/noun
- 1
The flute-playing ratcatcher who is the protagonist and title character of this story.
- 2
A folk tale or legend, dating back to the Middle Ages, about a ratcatcher in variegated attire, hired by the German town of Hamelin, who is not paid for his services and retaliates by luring away the local children by playing a flute.
- 3
That which draws many in its wake.
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