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Meaning of underground people | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of the fairy folk, trolls, dwarfs, or other supernatural beings, that primarily live underground.

plural, plural-only

Examples

“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.”

“Gross superstition still prevails in most parts of Nordland, particularly regarding the underground people.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Underground Railroad underground railway Undergrounder undergroundness Undergrounds undergrove