snow white

Proper noun capitalized: Snow White

Snow White (plural Snow Whites)

1. A fairy tale, the best-known version of Schneewittchen collected by the Brothers Grimm, in which a beautiful young girl is targeted by a jealous queen and tended by dwarfs.
2. The main character in that story.
   • The discovery of male Cinderellas and Snow Whites in modern Turkish folklore invites further meditations and investigations.1994, Canadian Children’s Literature, page 29
   • Though it is often up to the Prince Charming of each novel to sweep the Austenian Snow Whites and Cinderellas off their feet, it is often up to the Snow Whites and Cinderellas to teach their respective heroes a little sense—or, in the case of Colonel Brandon and his all-but-impassioned Shakespeare...2008, Carol J. Adams, Douglas Buchanan, Kelly Gesch, The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Jane Austen, Continuum, →ISBN, page 113
3. A fictional character in the fairy tale Snow-White and Rose-Red, from Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot collected by the Brothers Grimm.