"Rip Van Winkle" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˌrɪp van ˈwɪŋk(ə)l/
Etymology: From The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent by Washington Irving (1819). Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Rip Van Winkle}} Rip Van Winkle
  1. (fiction, US) A Dutch-American villager who falls asleep for 20 years and wakes up to a changed world, having missed the American Revolution; (by extension) someone or something stuck in the past. Wikipedia link: Washington Irving Tags: US Categories (topical): Fiction, Fictional characters Derived forms: Rip Van Winkledom, Rip Van Winkleish, Rip Van Winklesque
    Sense id: en-Rip_Van_Winkle-en-name-4nwDzjMm Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing

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