What is the meaning of Bunyan?

noun

  • English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688.
  • A legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada.
    • usage: "Paul Bunyan had a blue ox named Babe"; "the lakes of Minnesota began when Paul Bunyan and Babe's footprints filled with water"
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