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Definition of Melville
1. Noun. United States writer of novels and short stories (1819-1891).
Definition of Melville
1. Proper noun. (surname Scottish habitational from=Old French dot=) of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy. ¹
2. Proper noun. Herman Melville (1819-1891), an American novelist, essayist, and poet. He is best remembered for the novel Moby-Dick. ¹
3. Proper noun. His works or media adaptations of his works. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Melville
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck (1856)
"HEEMAN melville. HERMAN melville was born in the city of New York, August 1, 1819.
On his father's side lie is of Scotch extraction, mid is descended in the ..."
2. Who's who by Henry Robert Addison, Charles Henry Oakes, William John Lawson, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1897)
"Red House, Roehampton, SW Leslie-melville, Lady Constance B., d. of 13th Earl of
Leven and 10th of melville ; b. 1888. Roehampton House, Roehampton ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"Though Dundas, now Lord melville, had undertaken the ill-conceived mission to
... The report showed that Trotter, who had been made Paymaster by melville, ..."
4. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"CHAP, a terrible mortification which probably contributed to short "• Pitt's life.
melville, his tried supporter and intimate ..."
5. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"LEVEN AND melville, EARLS OF. The family of melville which now holds these two
earldoms is descended from Sir John melville of Raith in ..."
6. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"During the earlier period of their residence at St Andrews, Andrew melville and
his nephew had many difficulties to encounter. The former principal and ..."
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