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Definition of Baron Munchausen

1. Noun. German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797).

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Literary usage of Baron Munchausen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"... known as Baron Munchausen ; born at Bodenwerder, Hanover, in 1720 ; died there in 1797. He served in the Russian cavalry against the Turks (1737-1739), ..."

2. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 by Frances Milton Trollope (1836)
"Baron Munchausen.—Russian Monument.—Statue of Manuel. OFTEN as I have visited the enclosure of Pere Lachaise, it was with feelings of renewed curiosity and ..."

3. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1894)
"We, the undersigned, as true believers in tbz profit, do most solemnly affirm, that all the adventures of our friend, Baron Munchausen, in whatever country ..."

4. Travellers' tales, a book of marvels by Henry Cadwallader Adams (1883)
"MODERN TRAVELLERS : COOK, PHIPPS, DRINKWATER, DE TOTT, Baron Munchausen. WE now come to the last head of the first half of our subject, and have to deal ..."

5. The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl, Donald Grant Mitchell (1899)
"So daring in love, and so dauntless in war, Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar ? ADVENTURES OF Baron Munchausen. ..."

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