BUNYAN


Meaning of BUNYAN in English

I. Bun ‧ yan, John /ˈbʌnjən/ BrE AmE

(1628–88) an English ↑ preacher who wrote The ↑ Pilgrim's Progress while he was in prison for his beliefs

II. Bunyan, Paul BrE AmE

a ↑ giant (=an extremely large man) in old American stories. He was a ↑ lumberjack (=someone whose job is to cut down trees) from the forests of Canada and the north US, who travelled with a blue ↑ ox called Babe. They changed the shape of the land as they walked along, for example by making mountains and also the ↑ Grand Canyon .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.