Münchhausen

American  

[mynkh-hau-zuhn] / ˈmünxˌhaʊ zən /

noun

1. Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Baron von 1720–97, German soldier, adventurer, and teller of tales.

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Other Word Forms

• Munchausenism
  noun

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Münchhausen

Outside Son Abrines, the hill slopes upward, and a landscaped stone walkway leads to Son Boter, a 17th-century manor that was once a boarding house run by the Baroness von Münchhausen.

From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2011

There were days when Sir John Mandeville and Baron von Münchhausen told tales and people swallowed them.

From Time Magazine Archive

One old trapper became so angry when his stories of the place were doubted, that he deliberately revenged himself by inventing tales of which Münchhausen would have been proud.

From John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10) Southern California; Grand Canon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park by John L. (John Lawson) Stoddard

Seume had a very comfortable time in America, thanks to the help of Lieutenant von Münchhausen.

From A Defence of the Hessians by J. G. (Joseph George) Rosengarten

But one day Münchhausen, the prince of liars and chief of swindlers, accompanied by his servant, Karl Buttervogel, the Sancho Panza of the story, comes to the castle.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Various

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