Pied Piper

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Pied Piper

▶noun a person who entices others to follow them.

– origin the name of a legendary German figure who rid the town of Hamelin of rats by enticing them away with his music, and when refused the promised payment lured away the town's children.

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