robin goodfellow

Speech parts

1. robin goodfellow - Noun

3. Robin goodfellow - Proper noun

Meaning

A celebrated fairy; Puck. See Puck.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

puck demon

Hypernyms

fay sprite faery fairy faerie

Examples

' After Meyerbeer 's successful opera Robert le Diable (1831), neo-medievalists and occultists began to apply the name Robin Goodfellow to the Devil, with appropriately extravagant imagery. Source: Internet

Arden Shakespeare introduction and text of A Midsummer Night's Dream After Meyerbeer's successful opera Robert le Diable (1831), neo-medievalists and occultists began to apply the name Robin Goodfellow to the Devil, with appropriately extravagant imagery. Source: Internet

Both the Quarto and the First Folio call him "Robin Goodfellow" on the first entrance, but call him "Puck" later in the same scene, and they remain inconsistent. Source: Internet

The Arden Shakespeare decides to call him "Puck", and amends all stage directions (but not actual dialogue) that call him "Robin" or "Robin Goodfellow". Source: Internet

Religious It has been well established for two centuries that Puck and Robin Goodfellow are both names for the devil from English folklore. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

robin robin dipper robin egg blue Robin Hood Robin Hood index Robin Hood tax