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Definition of Aladdin
1. Noun. In the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie.
Definition of Aladdin
1. Proper noun. A classic Arabic tale about a young man named Aladdin who is recruited by a sorcerer to get a magic lamp from a cave. ¹
2. Proper noun. The young man who is the protagonist and title character of the story. ¹
3. Proper noun. A classic British pantomime. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aladdin
Literary usage of Aladdin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"(6) 'Aladdin ; or, The Wonderful Lamp : ' a burlesque by ALBERT ... To this list
may be added pantomimes on the subject of ' Aladdin ' by JT DOUGLASS, ..."
2. The Heart of Oak Books by Kate Stephens (1895)
"Knowing who Aladdin was, and what were his propensities, he went up to him, and
said, " Child, was not your father called Mus- ..."
3. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"whisper Aladdin AND THE JINN "Bring me soft song," said Aladdin; ... "Bring me
old wines," said Aladdin, "I have been a starved pauper too long. ..."
4. The Novelist's Magazine (1785)
"Aladdin mounted his ... 'Genius,* faid Aladdin, ' I ... therefore go about it,
and ct>me and tell m: when all is done.' By that time Aladdin had ..."
5. Studies in Reading by James William Searson, George Ellsworth Martin (1911)
"Point out passages showing just what kind of boy Aladdin was. 4. ... By what
means did the magician induce Aladdin to serve him? 6. ..."
6. Elson Grammar School Reader by William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck (1911)
"But Aladdin, being but an idle fellow, loved play more than work, 5 and spent
his days in playing in the public streets with other boys as idle as himself. ..."
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