Grimm
1. the younger of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories (1786-1859) • Syn: Wilhelm Grimm, Wilhelm Karl Grimm • Instance Hypernyms: writer, author 2. the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm's law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863) • Syn: Jakob Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm • Instance Hypernyms: writer, author, linguist, linguistic scientist
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