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underground people

underground people noun: any of the fairy folk, trolls, dwarfs, or other supernatural beings, that primarily live underground.

Noun

underground people pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Any of the fairy folk, trolls, dwarfs, or other supernatural beings, that primarily live underground.
    • The inhabitants of Rügen believe in three kinds of Dwarfs, or underground people, the White, the Brown, and the Black, so named from the colour of their several habiliments.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 281
    • Gross superstition still prevails in most parts of Nordland, particularly regarding the underground people.1872 November, Overland Monthly: Devoted to the Development of the Country, San Francisco, page 425, column 1

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Questions about underground people

What does underground people mean?
Underground people means any of the fairy folk, trolls, dwarfs, or other supernatural beings, that primarily live underground.
What part of speech is underground people?
Underground people is a noun.

Words near underground people in the dictionary

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  2. underground handballs
  3. underground handpass
  4. underground handpasses
  5. underground mutton
  6. underground people
  7. underground railroad
  8. underground railroads
  9. underground railway
  10. underground railways
  11. undergrounded

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