Definition of faerie Faerie
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We found 5 definitions of faerie from 4 different sources.
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What does faerie mean?
WordNet
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| faerie - a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers | ||
| fairy, faery, fay, sprite | ||
| spiritual being, supernatural being an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events | ||
| gremlin, elf, imp, pixie, pixy, brownie, hob (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous | ||
| fairy godmother a female character in some fairy stories who has magical powers and can bring unexpected good fortune to the hero or heroine | ||
| gnome, dwarf a short pithy saying expressing a general truth | ||
| morgan le fay (Arthurian legend) a wicked enchantress who was the half sister and enemy of King Arthur | ||
| robin goodfellow, puck a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey | ||
| oberson (Middle Ages) the king of the fairies and husband of Titania in medieval folklore | ||
| titania (Middle Ages) the queen of the fairies in medieval folklore | ||
| tooth fairy a fairy that is said to leave money at night under a child's pillow to compensate for a baby tooth falling out | ||
| faerie - the enchanted realm of fairies | ||
| fairyland, faery | ||
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Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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faerie
Faery, fā′ėr-i, n. (arch.) the world of fairies, fairyland: (obs.) a fairy. [A variant of fairy.]
Part of speech
🔤- faerie, noun, singular of faeries.
- faerie, adjective.
