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has glosseng: Old Major (also called Willingdon Beauty, his name used when showing) is the first major character described by George Orwell in Animal Farm. This "purebred" of pigs is a kind, grandfatherly philosopher of change. According to one interpretation, he could be based upon both Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin. However, according to Christopher Hitchens: "the persons of Lenin and Trotsky are combined into one [i.e., Snowball], or, it might even be truer to say, there is no Lenin-pig at all".
has glosseng: Old Major is a character in the book Animal Farm. He is an award winning elderly Middle White boar. He is twelve years of age, and had 400 piglets. Old Major has a wise and benevolent look but his tushes are never cut. Old Major is based on Marx and Lenin of the Russian Revolution, whose ideas changed into Communism.
lexicalizationeng: Old Major(animal farm)
lexicalizationeng: Old Major
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Danish
has glossdan: Gamle Major er den første hovedfigur i den engelske forfatter George Orwells roman Kammerat Napoleon (originaltitel Animal Farm). Denne præmieorne er den venlige og bedstefar-agtige ændringens filosof – tydeligvis en metafor for Karl Marx, selvom Gamle Major til dels også er inspireret af Vladimir Lenin . Gamle Major foreslår en løsning på dyrenes desperate lod under gårdejeren mr. Jones' "ledelse" (Jones repræsenterer zaren og autokratiet, da han inspirerer dyrene til at gøre oprør.
lexicalizationdan: Gamle Major
Korean
has glosskor: 메이저 영감은 조지 오웰의 소설 동물 농장에 나오는 돼지이며, 그는 마르크스와 레닌을 상징한다.
lexicalizationkor: 메이저 영감
Portuguese
has glosspor: Velho Major é uma personagem da obra A Revolução dos Bichos, de George Orwell.
lexicalizationpor: Velho Major

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