Pied Piper (English, name)
expansion: the Pied Piper
Senses:
glosses: 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.
glosses: The flute-playing ratcatcher who is the protagonist and title character of this story.
Forms:
form: the Pied Piper
tags: canonical