- Baron Munchausen as a noun:
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Baron Munchausen
noun
1 Baron Munchausen
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).
synonyms: Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen, Munchausen, Munchhausen.
Dutch: Munchausen
Roget 549: exaggeration; expansion etc. 194; hyperbole, stretch, strain, coloring; high coloring, caricature, caricatura†; extravagance etc. (nonsense) ... show more
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