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• Paul Bunyan
  Paul Bunyan

  noun

  a legendary giant lumberjack, an American folk hero.
• Bunyan, Paul
  Bunyan, Paul

  A legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada. He was accompanied by a blue ox named Babe. The stories about him resemble traditional tall tales. In one such story, the ten thousand lakes of Minnesota originated when Paul and Babe's footprints filled with water.

Paul Bunyan

American  

noun

1. a legendary giant lumberjack, an American folk hero.

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Bunyan, Paul Cultural  

1. A legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada. He was accompanied by a blue ox named Babe. The stories about him resemble traditional tall tales. In one such story, the ten thousand lakes of Minnesota originated when Paul and Babe's footprints filled with water.

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Example Sentences

And before that Muffler Man was done, Lee Woods had bought another one — a Paul Bunyan in Oklahoma.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

It’s a run no matter that Schwarber turns into some sort of Paul Bunyan mythical figure that can scare the leather off the ball with each colossal moon shot.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2022

His anti-arborism positions him in a great American tradition, as a mighty Paul Bunyan to Warnock’s Johnny Appleseed, a wily Once-ler to Warnock’s Lorax.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2022

The book was “Ol’ Paul, the Mighty Logger,” by Glen Rounds, a collection of Paul Bunyan tall tales.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2021

I raised the rake over my head again, closed my eyes and swung it like I was Paul Bunyan chopping down a tree with one blow.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis