WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Grimm n 1: the younger of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories (1786-1859) [syn: Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Wilhelm Karl Grimm] 2: the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm's law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863) [syn: Grimm, Jakob Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm]