Mandeville

[ man-duh-vil ]

/ ˈmæn dəˌvɪl /

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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Example sentences from the Web for mandeville

The mascots of the London Olympics, named Wenlock and Mandeville.
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There was so much of bitterness in the tone in which this was uttered, that Mandeville forgot its incredulity.
The Sword of Damocles|Anna Katharine Green
The cynical Mandeville compared Addison, after having passed an evening in his company, to "a silent parson in a tie-wig."
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Mandeville, having eat like an ogre, began to drink like a dromedary.
Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846|Various

"St. Leon" and "Mandeville" are dull attempts in the direction of the historical novel.
A History of English Prose Fiction|Bayard Tuckerman
The learned Mandeville has favoured us with five pages on the incomparably invigorating virtues of Stock Fish!!
The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life|William Kitchiner

British Dictionary definitions for mandeville

Mandeville

/ (ˈmændəvɪl) /

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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