Münchhausen

Münch·hau·sen

M0482900 (münKH′hou′zən) also Mun·chau·sen (mŭn′chou′-, mŭnch′hou′-), Baron Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von 1720-1797. German nobleman who was the subject of a highly popular and ostensibly autobiographical book detailing his fantastic adventures as a soldier and sportsman.

Münch•hau•sen

(ˈmünxˌhaʊ zən)

n. Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, Baron von, 1720–97, German soldier, adventurer, and teller of tales. English, Mun•chau•sen (ˈmʌnˌtʃaʊ zən, ˈmʌntʃˌhaʊ-)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.Munchhausen - 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)Baron Munchausen, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen, Munchausen