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Robin Goodfellow
Robin Goodfellow Rob"in Good"fel`low A celebrated fairy; Puck. See Puck. --Shak.
Robin Goodfellow
Puck Puck, n. [OE. pouke; cf. OSw. puke, Icel. p[=u]ki an evil demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin. Cf. Poker a bugbear, Pug.] 1. (Medi[ae]val Myth.) A celebrated fairy, ``the merry wanderer of the night;' -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc. --Shak. He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. --Drayton. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]

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- Goodfellow is a surname with English, Scottish or Irish origins. Notable people with the surname include: Benjamin Goodfellow (1864–1946), British solicitor...
- In English folklore, The Puck (/ˈpʌk/), also known as Goodfellows, are demons or fairies which can be domestic sprites or nature sprites. The etymology...
- Walter Goodfellow (1866–1953) was a British zoological collector and ornithologist. Goodfellow began his career as a wildlife collector by collecting...
- Ian J. Goodfellow (born 1987) is an American computer scientist, engineer, and executive, most noted for his work on artificial neural networks and deep...
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- William Goodfellow may refer to: William Goodfellow (philanthropist) (1880–1974), New Zealand merchant, industrialist, company director and philanthropist...
- Goodfellow Air Force Base is a nonflying United States Air Force base located in San Angelo, Texas, United States. As part of Air Education and Training...
- Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, is a character in William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Based on the Puck of English mythology and the púca...
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