Grimm

/ˈgrɪm/
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Other forms: Grimms

Definitions of Grimm
  1. noun
    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)
    synonyms: Jakob Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm
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    linguist, linguistic scientist
    a specialist in linguistics
    author, writer
    a person who writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
  2. noun
    the younger of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories (1786-1859)
    synonyms: Wilhelm Grimm, Wilhelm Karl Grimm
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    author, writer
    a person who writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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