Definitions

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  • proper noun A fairy tale, the best-known version of Schneewittchen collected by the brothers Grimm, in which a beautiful young girl is poisoned by a jealous queen and tended by dwarfs.
  • proper noun The main character in that story.
  • proper noun A fictional character in the fairy tale Snow-White and Rose-Red, from Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot collected by the brothers Grimm.

Etymologies

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From snow + white.

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Examples

  • Known by the State Department code name Snow White, guarded day and night in the hospital by members of the U.S. Secret Service and agents of the FBI, May-ling was also tended to daily by a hairdresser and a beautician.

    The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

  • Fantasy, on the other hand—and let's call her Snow White, since that's a nice, familiar, fantasy name—wondered why Rose had to be so nasty all the time, and why her sisters couldn't see the virtue of sugar and spice and sleeping for a hundred years beneath the fairy hills.

    seanan_mcguire: The Three Sisters: Fantasy, Horror, and Marchen. seanan_mcguire 2009

  • Even says Moscow Control was known as Snow White, and of course Penguin love that.

    Gridlock Elton, Ben 1991

  • The tiles are sold under the brand name Snow White and are described as bright white in colour with a quartz-like appearance.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The tiles are sold under the brand name Snow White and are described as bright white in colour with a quartz-like appearance.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • The tiles are sold under the brand name Snow White and are described as bright white in colour with a quartz-like appearance.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The tiles are sold under the brand name Snow White and are described as bright white in colour with a quartz-like appearance.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The tiles are sold under the brand name Snow White and are described as bright white in colour with a quartz-like appearance.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The tiles are sold under the brand name Snow White and are described as bright white in colour with a quartz-like appearance.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The tiles are sold under the brand name Snow White and are described as bright white in colour with a quartz-like appearance.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

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