SCARLET PIMPERNEL


Meaning of SCARLET PIMPERNEL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1835

1. : a European pimpernel ( Anagallis arvensis ) naturalized in North America and having scarlet, white, or purplish flowers that close in cloudy weather

2.

[ Scarlet Pimpernel, assumed name of the hero of The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905), novel by Baroness Orczy]

: a person who rescues others from mortal danger by smuggling them across a border

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.