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Definition of Munchhausen
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).
Generic synonyms: Anecdotist, Raconteur
Lexicographical Neighbors of Munchhausen
Literary usage of Munchhausen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"He was descended from the so called white branch of the Munchhausen family, served
in his youth as a cavalry officer in the Russian army, and passed his ..."
2. Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature by Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (1905)
"Of all his works only one is still read, his novel, Munchhausen; ... In its
construction, Munchhausen, following the general rule of the Romantic tales, ..."
3. The Popular Encyclopedia: Being a General Dictionary of Arts, Sciences by Daniel Keyte Sandford, Thomas Thomson, Allan Cunningham (1837)
"Munchhausen, JEROME CHARLES FREDERIC VON, the original of the well-known narrator
... Munchhausen was very angry at tlie liberty thus taken with his name, ..."
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