Münchhausen

American  

[mynkh-hou-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

Example Sentences

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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

They relate feats which remind one rather of Baron Münchhausen.

From The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' by Cotterill, H. B. (Henry Bernard)

While waiting at the Farm for Jochem to find Münchhausen, Oswald agrees to recompense the Hofschulze for his hospitality by keeping the wild deer away from the grain fields.

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

"Introduce him," commanded Napoleon, "and in the mean time, sir, explain to me," he said to M. de Münchhausen, "—to me who is the Duke of Brunswick."

From Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by Jordan, F.