Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bunyan

2 senses of bunyan

Sense 1
Bunyan, John Bunyan -- (English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688))
       INSTANCE OF=> preacher, preacher man, sermonizer, sermoniser -- (someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel)
       INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 2
Bunyan, Paul Bunyan -- (a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada; "Paul Bunyan had a blue ox named Babe"; "the lakes of Minnesota began when Paul Bunyan and Babe's footprints filled with water")
       INSTANCE OF=> fictional character, fictitious character, character -- (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel")
       INSTANCE OF=> lumberman, lumberjack, logger, feller, faller -- (a person who fells trees)