SIEGFRIED

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(German mythology) mythical German warrior hero of the Nibelungenlied who takes possession of the accursed treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it and awakens Brynhild and is eventually killed; Sigurd is the Norse counterpart

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)

Domain category:

mythology (myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person)

Teuton (a member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans)

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