GULLIVER

Meaning of GULLIVER in English

[Gul.li.ver] n: an Englishman in Jonathan Swift's satire Gulliver's Travels who makes voyages to the imaginary lands of the Lilliputians, Brobdingnagians, Laputans, and Houyhnhnms

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GULLIVER — noun Date: 1726 an Englishman in Jonathan Swift's satire ~'s Travels who makes voyages to the imaginary lands of the …
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GULLIVER — n. Lemuel Gulliver, main character of the novel "Gulliver's Travels" (1726 novel by Jonathan Swift)
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GULLIVER — noun Date: 1726 : an Englishman in Jonathan Swift's satire Gulliver's Travels who makes voyages to the imaginary lands of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GULLIVER — Gulliver BrE AmE ˈɡʌl ɪv ə -əv- AmE \ - ə r
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GULLIVER — a Munchausen-Doctor Cook-Peary traveler who never submitted his proofs, but who found a credulous publisher and a gullible public. Never …
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GULLIVER — n. Pronunciation: ' g ə -l ə -v ə r Function: noun Date: 1726 : an Englishman in Jonathan Swift's …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS — /gul"euh veuhrz/ a social and political satire (1726) by Jonathan Swift, narrating the voyages of Lemuel Gulliver to four imaginary …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS — Gul ‧ li ‧ ver's Trav ‧ els /ˌɡʌləvəz ˈtræv ə lz, ˌɡʌlɪvəz ˈtræv ə lz $ -vərz-/ BrE AmE …
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YAHOO — I. noun (plural ~s) Date: 1726 a member of a race of brutes in Swift's Gulliver's Travels who have the …
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LILLIPUT — noun Date: 1726 an island in Swift's Gulliver's Travels where the inhabitants are six inches tall
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LAPUTAN — noun Date: 1726 an inhabitant of a flying island in Swift's Gulliver's Travels characterized by a neglect of useful occupations …
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HOUYHNHNM — noun Date: 1726 a member of a race of horses endowed with reason in Swift's Gulliver's Travels
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BROBDINGNAGIAN — adjective Etymology: Brobdingnag, imaginary land of giants in Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift Date: 1728 marked by tremendous size, ~ …
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SWIFT, JONATHAN — born Nov. 30, 1667, Dublin, Ire. died Oct. 19, 1745, Dublin Irish author, the foremost prose satirist in English. He …
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
LILLIPUT — I. ˈlilə̇(ˌ)pət, -lē(ˌ)- adjective Usage: sometimes capitalized Etymology: from Lilliput, imaginary country in Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726) inhabited by people …
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HUGE — I. ˈhyüj also ˈyüj adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English huge, hoge, modification of Old French ahuge, ahoge : …
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YAHOO — ˈyäˌhü, yäˈhü, ˈyāˌhü, yəˈhü noun ( -s ) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: from Yahoo, one of an imaginary race of …
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STRULDBRUG — ˈstrəl(d)ˌbrəg noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Struldbrug, one of a class among the inhabitants of the imaginary …
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SPLACKNUCK — ˈsplakˌnək noun ( -s ) Etymology: coined by Jonathan Swift died 1745 English satirist as the name of an imaginary …
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LAPUTAN — ləˈpyüt ə n adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Laputa, imaginary flying island in Swift's Gulliver's Travels whose inhabitants engage in …
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EVIL EYE — noun : the glance of a person that is believed to be capable of inflicting injury many people are reputed …
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DOUR — ˈdau̇](ə)r, ˈdu̇], ]ə, Scot ˈdür\ adjective ( usually -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, probably from Latin durus hard — more …
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YAHOO — — yahooism , n. /yah"hooh, yay"-, yah hooh"/ , n. , pl. Yahoos . 1. (in Swift's Gulliver's Travels ) …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Britannica English vocabulary
LILLIPUT — a country visited by Gulliver in Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift . The Lilliputians are only six inches tall, and …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
HOUYHNHNM — n a member of the race of kind and intelligent horses that Gulliver meets in Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
BROBDINGNAG — an imaginary country visited by Gulliver in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels . The people there are much bigger than Gulliver, …
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