Mab

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mab \Mab\ (m[a^]b), prop. n. [Cf. W. mad a male child, a boy.]
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     1. A slattern. [Prov. Eng.]
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     2. [capitalized] The name of a female fairy, esp. the queen


        of the fairies; and hence, sometimes, any fairy. --Shak.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "Mab":
     Ariel, Befind, Corrigan, Finnbeara, Oberon, Titania, banshee,
     brownie, cluricaune, dwarf, elf, fairy, fairy queen, fay, gnome,
     goblin, gremlin, hob, imp, kobold, leprechaun, ouphe, peri, pixie,
     pooka, puca, pwca, sprite, sylph, sylphid