Bunyan

/ˈbʌnjən/

Other forms: Bunyans

Definitions of Bunyan

1. noun

   English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688)
   synonyms: John Bunyan

   example of:

   preacher, preacher man, sermoniser, sermonizer

   someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel

   author, writer

   a person who writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
2. noun

   a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada
   “Paul Bunyan had a blue ox named Babe”

   “the lakes of Minnesota began when Paul Bunyan and Babe's footprints filled with water”

   synonyms: Paul Bunyan

   example of:

   character, fictional character, fictitious character

   an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

   faller, feller, logger, lumberjack, lumberman

   a person who fells trees