grimm Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the younger of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories (1786-1859)
   Wilhelm Karl Grimm; Wilhelm Grimm.
   
2. noun 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)
   Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm; Jakob Grimm.
   

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