Rudolph, The Red-nosed Reindeer - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

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Definition of Rudolph, the Red-nosed Reindeer from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Rudolph, the Red-nosed Reindeer  /ˌruːdɒlf ðə ˌred nəʊzd ˈreɪndɪə(r)/  /ˌruːdɑːlf ðə ˌred nəʊzd ˈreɪndɪr/ jump to other results

1. a children's Christmas song written in 1949 about a reindeer (= type of deer) called Rudolph, who has a shiny red nose, and the other reindeer laugh at him because they think it looks ridiculous. Santa Claus chooses him to pull his sleigh on Christmas Eve

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