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Definition of 'cinderella'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Cinderella
a heroine of a fairy tale who is maltreated by a stepmother but achieves happiness and marries a prince through the intervention of a fairy godmother.

2. Cinderella
a person who achieves sudden success, esp. after obscurity or neglect.

Definition of 'cinderella'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Cinderella
a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition

2. (noun) Cinderella
a fictional young girl who is saved from her stepmother and stepsisters by her fairy godmother and a handsome prince

Definitions of 'cinderella'

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. cinderella
the youngest member of a family who must drudge at home while her elder sisters go to balls, till one day a fairy befriends her and conveys her to a ball, where she shines as the centre of attraction, and wins the regard of a prince. On quitting the hall she leaves a slipper behind her, by means of which she is identified by the prince, who finds that hers is the only foot that the slipper will fit, and marries her. The story in one version or another is a very ancient and wide-spread one.

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