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| AA |
abbreviation of "Alcoholics Anonymous," a world-wide recovery program for alcoholics, administered through chapters. |
| anon. |
abbreviation of "anonymous" or "anonymously." |
| anonymity |
the condition or quality of being anonymous. |
| Beowulf |
the title character and hero of an anonymous, alliterative Old English epic poem. |
| Brunhild |
in the anonymous German medieval epic The Nibelungenlied, the queen of Iceland. |
| Everyman |
the title character of an anonymous medieval morality play, who unsuccessfully attempts to stave off death. [1/2 definitions] |
| folk tale |
a story of anonymous authorship, passed on orally by the common people of a region or country, and often incorporating the myths and legends of that people, or including a moral. |
| innominate |
without a known or acknowledged name; anonymous. [1/2 definitions] |
| nameless |
having a concealed identity; anonymous. [1/4 definitions] |
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