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MUNCHAUSEN

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MUNCHAUSEN (noun)
  The noun MUNCHAUSEN has 1 sense:

1. German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797)play

  Familiarity information: MUNCHAUSEN used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


MUNCHAUSEN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Baron Munchausen; Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen; Munchausen; Munchhausen

Instance hypernyms:

anecdotist; raconteur (a person skilled in telling anecdotes)


 Context examples 


What about exposing a fraud—a modern Munchausen—and making him rideeculous?

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I shall not dare to publish these articles unless I can bring back my proofs to England, or I shall be hailed as the journalistic Munchausen of all time.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Professor Munchausen—how's that for an inset headline?

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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