Pied Piper

noun

1. the hero of a German folk legend, popularized in The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1842) by Robert Browning.
2. Sometimes pied piper. a person who induces others to follow or imitate them, especially by means of false or extravagant promises.

Pied Piper

noun

1. Also calledthe Pied Piper of Hamelin (in German legend) a piper who rid the town of Hamelin of rats by luring them away with his music and then, when he was not paid for his services, lured away its children
2. sometimes not capitals a person who entices others to follow him

Example Sentences

He was the Pied Piper of life and brought joy to everyone he knew.

From The Daily Beast

Unfortunately, such considerations of purpose tend to be drowned out by the alluring, sweet-sounding tune of a pied piper.

From The Daily Beast

The fowl walked slowly away with graceful dignity, and I followed like a child after the Pied Piper.

From Project Gutenberg

Mysterious and irresistible as the lure of the Pied Piper is the lure of this child who knows nothing of her own power.

From Project Gutenberg

Gradually the rats, silent and leaping, passed away into the darkness, as though they heard the summons of a Pied Piper.

From Project Gutenberg

They remember only that the bankiva sang sweetly, and they followed it, as the children of Hamelin followed the pied piper.

From Project Gutenberg

He looked like an educated gawk, a rural genius, a pied piper of motley followers.

From Project Gutenberg