English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrims Progress (1628-1688)

[ Syn: bunyan , john bunyan ]

a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada; Paul Bunyan had a blue ox named Babe; the lakes of Minnesota began when Paul Bunyan and Babes footprints filled with water

[ Syn: bunyan , paul bunyan ]