Peter Pan

noun

1. the hero of Sir James M. Barrie's play about a boy who never grew up.
2. (italics) the play itself (1904).

Peter Pan

noun

1. a youthful, boyish, or immature man

Peter Pan

1. (1904) A play by the Scottish author James Matthew Barrie about a boy who lives in Neverland, better known as Never-Never Land , a country where no child ever grows up. Peter brings the three children of the Darling family from London to Never-Never Land; they eventually decide not to stay, but Wendy, the eldest, promises to return every spring. Peter is assisted by his guardian fairy, Tinker Bell, and in the play he defeats his enemy, the pirate Captain Hook .

Word History and Origins

Origin of Peter Pan¹

C20: after the main character in Peter Pan (1904), a play by J. M. Barrie

Example Sentences

This summer, Disney said it would update Peter Pan’s Flight, one of the theme park’s original attractions, to remove a scene involving caricatures of Native Americans.

From Los Angeles Times

McCoy Rigby Entertainment — which repeatedly brought Cathy Rigby and “Peter Pan” to Broadway and on the road, and is transferring a “Mystic Pizza” musical to New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse next year — has been hired to stage La Mirada Theatre’s seasons for 31 years and counting.

From Los Angeles Times

Dumfries and Galloway Council has lodged a claim to "claw back" the funding it provided to overhaul the mansion which helped to inspire JM Barrie to write Peter Pan.

From BBC

More chart-toppers followed — including “Dibs,” whose title provided her dog’s name, and “Peter Pan,” about the danger of falling for a charming man-child — as did a Grammy nomination for best new artist.

From Los Angeles Times

“I totally fan-girled on him, and then he asked me about ‘Peter Pan,’” she recalls.

From Los Angeles Times