Colloquial Variant guide
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The fictional protagonist of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, famous for his encounter with forty thieves and their treasure trove cave that opens on the command "open sesame".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An extremely lucky person, especially one who acquires a large fortune by luck or by chance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
An Iraqi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, ethnic, slang, slur
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
A large container, such as a jar or a basket, with a flat base and usually a rounded body that tapers to a narrower neck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Ali Baba.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
the fictional woodcutter who discovered that `open sesame' opened a cave in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fictional character, fictitious character, character, woodcutter
History
From Arabic علي بابا. The use of Ali Baba to designate a type of container originates from the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (see the use as proper noun below), suggesting the appearance of the oil jars in which the thieves hide in the story.
Across languages
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
