pied piper

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pied piper

1. A person who offers others strong yet delusive enticements.

2. One, such as a leader, who makes irresponsible promises.

[After The Pied Piper of Hamelin, title and hero of a poem by Robert Browning.]

Pied Piper

1. (Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) 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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Noun	1.	pied piper - a leader who entices people to follow (especially to their doom) leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others
	2.	Pied Piper - the title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning Pied Piper of Hamelin

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