ˌSnow ˈWhite the main character in a
fairy tale called
Snow White, who is a beautiful princess who has a jealous
stepmother. The stepmother owns a magic mirror which she asks ‘Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?’ The mirror always answers that she is the most beautiful, until one day it says ‘Snow White’ instead. The stepmother is very angry and sends Snow White into the forest to be killed. Snow White does not die, but goes to live with seven
dwarfs (=imaginary creatures like very small men). Her stepmother tries to kill her with a poisoned apple, but instead of dying she goes to sleep until a prince kisses her and wakes her. ⇒
Seven Dwarfs [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲