merworld
nounEtymology From mer- + world.
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Fantasy No plural The undersea world of merfolk.
- "I consider myself a reasonable merman," Triton thundered, "but contact between the merworld and the human world is strictly forbidden. Why did you disobey me and rescue that human?"1996, Disney's Treasury of Children's Classics: From the Fox and the Hound to the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Disney Press, →ISBN, page 85:
- Oliver hadn't written any stories about the merworld, but knowing him there were probably at least a couple pages of notes about the place somewhere in his notebook.2010, Frédérick S. Parker, Finding the Kingdom of the Centaurs, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 171:
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- Reflecting a slightly modified version of the hero narrative, Eric rescues Ariel from Ursula and concomitantly saves the merworld from a diabolical female in lieu of a male villain.2011, Justin Charlebois, Gender and the Construction of Hegemonic and Oppositional Femininities, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 98: