"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" meaning in English

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Proper name

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  1. A legendary reindeer with a nose that glows red, the subject of a comic Christmas song; often added among Santa Claus's reindeer as the leading one. Wikipedia link: Santa Claus's reindeer Categories (topical): Christmas, Fictional characters Synonyms: Rudolph (alt: by ellipsis), Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer Coordinate_terms: Blitzen, Comet, Cupid, Dancer, Dasher, Donner, Prancer, Vixen Translations (the red-nosed reindeer): 紅鼻子馴鹿魯道夫 (Chinese Mandarin), 红鼻子驯鹿鲁道夫 (hóngbízi xùnlù Lǔdàofū) (Chinese Mandarin), Rudolf med den røde tud (Danish), Petteri Punakuono (Finnish), Rudolphe le renne au nez rouge [masculine] (French), רוּדוֹלְף אָדֹם הָאַף (Rúdolf adóm ha'áf) [masculine] (Hebrew), Rudolph la renna dal naso rosso [masculine] (Italian), ルドルフ赤鼻のトナカイ (Rudorufu akahana no tonakai) (alt: ルドルフあかはなのトナカイ) (Japanese), 루돌프 (Rudolpeu) (Korean), 빨간 코를 가진 순록 (Ppalgan Koreul gajin Sullok) (Korean), Rudolf er rød på nesen [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Reinsdyret Rudolf [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), رودولف گوزن بینی قرمز (rudolf gavazn bini qermez) (Persian), رودولف (rudolf) (Persian), Rudolf Czerwononosy [masculine] (Polish), a Rena do Nariz Vermelho [feminine] (Portuguese), Rudolph [masculine] (Portuguese), Rodolfinho [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), Rodolfão [masculine] (Portuguese), Rodolfo el reno [masculine] (Spanish), Rudolf med röda mulen [common-gender] (Swedish), Tuần lộc Rudolph Mũi đỏ (Vietnamese), Rwdolff y carw trwyn-goch [masculine] (Welsh)
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        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Rudolf med röda mulen"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the red-nosed reindeer",
      "word": "Tuần lộc Rudolph Mũi đỏ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the red-nosed reindeer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rwdolff y carw trwyn-goch"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
}

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