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pied piper

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pied piper
n.
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
n
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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Noun1.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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Then there is the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, how first he piped the rats away, and afterward, when the mayor broke faith with him, drew all the children along with him and went into the mountain.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
Dolittle seems to extend his hand from the page and grasp that of his reader, and I can see him going down the centuries a kind of Pied Piper with thousands of children at his heels.
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Lofting, Hugh View in context
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