Melville

[ mel-vil ]

/ ˈmɛl vɪl /

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noun

Herman, 1819–91, U.S. novelist.

Lake, a saltwater lake on the E coast of Labrador, Newfoundland, in E Canada, separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a narrow inlet: the mouth of the Churchill River is at its W end. About 1,133 sq. mi. (2,935 sq. km).

a male given name.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Melville

Mel·vil·le·an, adjective, noun

Words nearby Melville

Melton Mowbray, meltwater, melty, Melun, Melungeon, Melville, Melville, Herman, Melville Island, Melville Peninsula, Melvin, Melvindale

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How to use Melville in a sentence

Melville may be the most famous example, but Kafka, Kate Chopin, and many others followed a similar trajectory.
The Birth of the Novel|Nick Romeo|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
DS: Now that we talked about your mother and acid and the Sixties, I want to close with one of my favorite Melville quotes.
The American Prophet of Delusion: Robert Stone in Conversation|David Samuels|November 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Melville then appends an ultra-weird coda: There would seem little need for proceeding further in this history.
David's Bookclub: Bartleby the Scrivener|David Frum|November 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Although told in Herman Melville's more humorous style, Bartleby is a story as enigmatic as anything in Kafka.
David's Bookclub: Bartleby the Scrivener|David Frum|November 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Already by the time of Melville's writing, the early 1850s, Wall Street had long lost any residential character.
David's Bookclub: Bartleby the Scrivener|David Frum|November 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The hills and coast are wooded to the brink of the cliffs and sandy beaches that vary the northern shores of Melville Island.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
The Mermaid's track will direct the course to Cape Melville.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
Here, Melville,” said the first trooper, “hold my horse while I ease this ‘honest shepherd’ of his purse.
Hunted and Harried|R.M. Ballantyne
He told me to keep straight across the bay, and then pass between Melville Island and the main.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont|Louis de Rougemont
"Lieutenant Melville, allow me to congratulate you upon the make and set of your uniform," he said with extreme politeness.
In Hostile Red|Joseph Altsheler

British Dictionary definitions for Melville

Melville

/ (ˈmɛlvɪl) /

noun

Herman. 1819–91, US novelist and short-story writer. Among his works, Moby Dick (1851) and Billy Budd (written 1891, published 1924) are outstanding

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