Peter Pan

noun

1. the hero of Sir James M. Barrie's play about a boy who never grew up.

2. (italics),  the play itself (1904).

Peter Pan

noun

1. a youthful, boyish, or immature man

Peter Pan

1. (1904) A play by the Scottish author James Matthew Barrie about a boy who lives in Neverland, better known as Never-Never Land, a country where no child ever grows up. Peter brings the three children of the Darling family from London to Never-Never Land; they eventually decide not to stay, but Wendy, the eldest, promises to return every spring. Peter is assisted by his guardian fairy, Tinker Bell, and in the play he defeats his enemy, the pirate Captain Hook.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Peter Pan¹

C20: after the main character in Peter Pan (1904), a play by J. M. Barrie

Example Sentences

He is Peter Pan, and he dubs Wendy and other man-machine hybrids like her The Lost Boys – juvenile minds downloaded into bodies resembling human adults that will never age.

From Salon

Below Backwater, at the foot of the Angus glens, lies the little town of Kirriemuir - best known as the birthplace of Peter Pan's creator, JM Barrie.

From BBC

Here’s what you don’t expect: lore from “Peter Pan.”

From Los Angeles Times

Noah Hawley’s television prequel to ‘Alien’ nods to Peter Pan and raises questions about what makes us humans and whether it’s all that great to be one.

From Los Angeles Times

For those wondering if they’ll recognize this “Peter Pan”-influenced bit of the “Alien” universe, well, one of the first choices Hawley had to make was environmental.

From Los Angeles Times