Peter Pan
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- proper noun
- Literature
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Peter Pan
- In the story, Peter Pan can fly and lead children to Neverland.
- the play Peter Pan
- Peter Pan on Broadway
- production of Peter Pan
And if you're OK with Peter Pan being ruined for you, you can go ahead and read it.
- And if you're OK with Peter Pan being ruined for you, you can go ahead and read it.
- Disney stickers, Peter Pan, The Little Mermaid, a girl, a boy, certain doors.
Examples
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We search as ever... ...for Peter Pan and his secret hideout.
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The director has now signed to direct a Disney Peter Pan prequel, Peter and the Starcatchers.
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There was a boy named Peter Pan who decided not to grow up.
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Mrs. Darling believed that Peter Pan was the spirit of youth.
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I'm a little boy named Peter Pan!
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Peter Pan is going to be awesome.
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I'm hoping Peter Pan is still running when my daughters are old enough to see it.
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When I wanted to be Wendy from Peter Pan, we bought a blue nightgown and a pink ribbon.
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Today, Mr. Brand said that I am the most poised and elegant Peter Pan... he's ever had the privilege of working with.
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The production of Peter Pan featured impressive flying effects and beloved songs.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Peter + Pan
The meaning 'a man who remains boyish or refuses to grow up' cannot be inferred from the literal constituent names 'Peter' and 'Pan', which are proper nouns without descriptive semantic contribution. This sense is an eponymous literary reference to J.M. Barrie's character and therefore requires cultural or prior exposure rather than being compositionally derivable.
Etymology
Peter Pan comes from writer J. M. Barrie's play and book about a boy who can fly and never grows up in the magical place Neverland, so the name refers to that character.