Meanings
- pluralplural onlyartsAny of the fairy folk, trolls, dwarfs, or other supernatural beings, that primarily live underground.
Gross superstition still prevails in most parts of Nordland, particularly regarding the underground people.
1872 November 29, Overland Monthly: Devoted to the Development of the Country, San Francisco, page 425, column 11 more example
The inhabitants of Rügen believe in three kinds of Dwarfs, or underground people, the White, the Brown, and the Black, so named from the colour of their several habiliments.
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 281Synonyms: underground folk
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the fairy folk, trolls, dwarfs, or other supernatural beings, that primarily live underground.
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