Mandeville

[ man-duh-vil ]

noun

1. Bernard de [d, uh], c1670–1733, English physician and satirist, born in Holland.
2. Sir John, died 1372, English compiler of a book of travels.

Mandeville

/ ˈmændəvɪl /

noun

1. MandevilleBernard de?16701733MEnglishDutchWRITING: author Bernard de. ?1670–1733, English author, born in Holland, noted for his satire The Fable of the Bees (1723)
2. MandevilleSir John14th century14th centuryMEnglishWRITING: writer Sir John. 14th century, English author of The Travels of Sir John Mandeville. The book claims to be an account of the author's journeys in the East but is largely a compilation from other works

Example Sentences

Viscount Mandeville, like many British aristocrats, had met her in the U.S. while “hunting” for an American wife.

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The mascots of the London Olympics, named Wenlock and Mandeville.

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The gout is a standard comic disease which Mandeville gives to his lion to make him comically undignified.

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The characterizing details of some of the great fables, however, disappear in Mandeville's English.

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It is not surprising that many of the fables which Mandeville chose to translate anticipate the themes of his great work.

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We used especially to open our minds, la Mandeville, on the hollowness of human virtue.

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But neither of these writers have quoted the testimony of Sir John Mandeville, which is, however, well worth notice.

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