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Definition of Rumpelstiltskin
1. Noun. A dwarf in one of the fairy stories of the brothers Grimm; tells a woman he will not hold her to a promise if she can guess his name and when she discovers it he is so furious that he destroys himself.
Definition of Rumpelstiltskin
1. Proper noun. A fairy tale collected by the brothers Grimm about a dwarf who saves the miller’s daughter by spinning straw into gold in exchange for her first-born child, and whose name is critical to the conclusion. ¹
2. Proper noun. The fictional dwarf who is the protagonist and title character of that story. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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