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

Münchhausen, the notorious liar, is a genuine Rococo caricature in the Pigtail age.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Various

But Münchhausen, unable to execute his scheme, finds himself in an embarrassing dilemma from which he disentangles himself by mysteriously disappearing and never again coming to light.

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

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

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