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Bandersnatch

/ˈbændə(ɹ)snæt͡ʃ/

Bandersnatch proper noun: an obscure fictional creature mentioned in two of Lewis Carroll's poems.

Proper noun

Bandersnatch

  1. An obscure fictional creature mentioned in two of Lewis Carroll's poems.
    • Beware the jabberwock, my son.
      The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
      Beware the jubjub bird, and shun
      The frumious Bandersnatch1863, Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There

Bandersnatch meaning in Tamil

Bandersnatch in Tamil

புனைவு அச்சவுரு

Origin of Bandersnatch

Coined by British author and scholar Lewis Carroll in 1863 (see quotation).

Words that rhyme with Bandersnatch

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Questions about Bandersnatch

What does Bandersnatch mean?
Bandersnatch means an obscure fictional creature mentioned in two of Lewis Carroll's poems.
What is Bandersnatch in Tamil?
Bandersnatch in Tamil is புனைவு அச்சவுரு. See Bandersnatch meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Bandersnatch?
Bandersnatch is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bandersnatch?
Bandersnatch is pronounced /ˈbændə(ɹ)snæt͡ʃ/.

Words near Bandersnatch in the dictionary

  1. banderoles
  2. banderols
  3. Banderovite
  4. Banderovites
  5. banders
  6. Bandersnatch
  7. bandfic
  8. bandfics
  9. bandfish
  10. bandfishes
  11. bandgap

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Bandersnatch (page history and authors); Bandersnatch (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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