Melville

American  

[mel-vil] / ˈmɛl vɪl /

noun

1. Herman, 1819–91, U.S. novelist.

2. 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).

3. a male given name.

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Melville British  

/ ˈmɛlvɪl /

noun

1. 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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Other Word Forms

• Melvillean
  adjective

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Example Sentences

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Melville

McCarthy said that “books are made out of books,” and his sure are: Hawthorne, Hemingway, Joyce, Melville, Wolfe and others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Indie Shakes managing director David Melville distills his production around scenes of intense conflict.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

A favorite of teen girls, Brandy Melville has courted controversy for years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

Joseph Favorito, a financial planner in Melville, N.Y., had a client who was making a big salary and worked until his late 70s.

From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026

Melville explained that Vaughan was big and strong, which meant that the assassin had to have been physically powerful or helped by accomplices.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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