Melville

American

[mel-vil] / ˈmɛl vɪl /

noun

Herman, 1819–91, U.S. novelist.
Lake, a saltwater lake on the E coast of Labrador, Newfoundland, in E Canada, separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a narrow inlet: the mouth of the Churchill River is at its W end. About 1,133 sq. mi. (2,935 sq. km).
a male given name.

Melville British

/ ˈmɛlvɪl /

noun

Herman. 1819–91, US novelist and short-story writer. Among his works, Moby Dick (1851) and Billy Budd (written 1891, published 1924) are outstanding

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Other Word Forms

Melvillean adjective

Example Sentences

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New Zealand's world champion Finley Melville Ives suffered a hard fall in the qualifiers that put him out of contention for the final.

From Barron's

“Call me Ishmael,” which opens Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick,” is among the most famous first lines in all of literature, but I prefer a different declarative Melville opening: “I am a rather elderly man.”

From The Wall Street Journal

In my years studying at Dartmouth, I dove into the American novel, from Melville to Pynchon.

From The Wall Street Journal

Teenager Finley Melville Ives arrives in Italy as one of the most exciting prospects on the freestyle skiing circuit.

From BBC

However, Melville said she was concerned about continuous long-term funding.

From BBC

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