In Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels: a person who believes that eggs should be broken at the larger end before they are eaten. Hence allus…

the heroine of a fairy tale (Charles Perrault's La belle au bois dormant) who slept for a hundred years, until woken by the kiss of her prince…

With reference to Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels: a person who believes that eggs should be broken at the narrower end before they are…

= little-endian, n. adj.

(A mock title for) a mysterious (frequently imaginary) personage of great power or authority; a pompous or pretentious official; a self-important…

shock-headed Peter = Struwwelpeter, n.

One of a group of rabbits in the children's stories of Beatrix Potter (1866–1943); hence, a sentimental designation of a rabbit. Also transferred.

A person able to find cause for happiness in the most disastrous situations; a person who is unduly optimistic or achieves happiness through…

A person distinguished by physical strength or agility.

In the tales of J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973): one of an imaginary people, a small variety of the human race, that gave themselves this name (meaning…

A devouring monster; an ogre; spec. a member of an imaginary race of subhuman creatures, small and human-like in form but having ogreish features…

With capital initial. (The name of) an almost invincible superhero having the power to fly and typically depicted wearing a tight blue suit with a…

In the children's tales of Tove Jansson: a member of a race of small, shy, fat, hibernating creatures inhabiting the forests of Finland. Frequently…

In the BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who: a member of a race of aggressive alien mutants in mobile armoured casings. Frequently in…