Mandeville

[man-duh-vil]

noun

Bernard de

[duh] /də/, c1670–1733, English physician and satirist, born in Holland.

Sir John,died 1372, English compiler of a book of travels.

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Contemporary Examples of mandeville

The mascots of the London Olympics, named Wenlock and Mandeville.
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Michael Tomasky
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Historical Examples of mandeville

Christian rigorism by Mandeville's time had had a long history.
A Letter to Dion
Bernard Mandeville
In Mandeville, and in Kaye, it is presented only in its barest and starkest form.
A Letter to Dion
Bernard Mandeville
I presume then, Mandeville, you did for that fellow Martinitz?
Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846
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"They led me into the state apartment," said Mandeville, with a kind of sob.
Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846
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The years of Mr Mandeville could hardly have exceeded thirty.
Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846
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British Dictionary definitions for mandeville

Mandeville

noun

Bernard de. ?1670–1733, English author, born in Holland, noted for his satire The Fable of the Bees (1723)

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

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