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  • Sleeping Beauty
    Sleeping Beauty
    noun
    a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.
  • “Sleeping Beauty”
    “Sleeping Beauty”
    A fairy tale from the collection of Charles Perrault, about a beautiful princess cast into a deep sleep through a jealous fairy's curse. Sleeping Beauty is awakened at last by the kiss of a prince.

Sleeping Beauty

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noun

  1. a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.

  2. (italics) the fairy tale itself.

  3. (italics) a ballet (1889) by Tchaikovsky.

“Sleeping Beauty” Cultural  

  1. A fairy tale from the collection of Charles Perrault, about a beautiful princess cast into a deep sleep through a jealous fairy's curse. Sleeping Beauty is awakened at last by the kiss of a prince.

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A world premiere by Gregory Spears casts a veil of dream-like haunting over the story of Sleeping Beauty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

The “castle collection” is just that, featuring regal wear and jewelry inspired by Sleeping Beauty Castle, while the “vault collection” is where all those seeking Disneyland nostalgia will want to head.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025

A young Roffman, who was always more Team Snow White than Sleeping Beauty when it came to battles for classic Disney princess dominance, was confused and starstruck.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025

Over 20 years with the company, he danced leads across several productions, including Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, Swan Lake and Romeo and Juliet.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2024

Some artists preferred to go the Sleeping Beauty route.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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