'Robin Goodfellow' definitions:
Definition of 'Robin Goodfellow'
(from WordNet)
noun
A mischievous sprite of English folklore [syn: Puck, Robin Goodfellow]
Definition of 'Robin Goodfellow'
From: GCIDE
- Puck \Puck\, n. [OE. pouke; cf. OSw. puke, Icel. p[=u]ki an evil demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin. Cf. Poker a bugbear, Pug.]
- 1. (Medi[ae]val Myth.) A celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]