Frankenstein
WordNet
noun
(1) The fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses
(2) The monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation)
(3) An agency that escapes control and destroys its creator
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Proper noun
Frankenstein
- a novel by Mary Shelley
- The creator of Frankenstein's monster in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus.
- (mistakenly) Frankenstein's monster itself