Ali Baba
WordNet
noun
(1) The fictional woodcutter who discovered that `open sesame' opened a cave in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment
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Proper noun
Ali Baba
- A fictional character featured in The Arabian Nights, famous for his encounter with forty thieves and their treasure trove cave that opens on the command, "Open Sesame".
- An extremely lucky person, especially one who acquires a large fortune by luck or by chance.
- An ethnic slur used by occupational soldiers for a native of Iraq.