WILLIAM TELL as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
    • according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son’’s head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) William Tell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower