Usually means: Ancient Chinese philosopher, Confucian scholar.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. Mencius: Merriam-Webster
  2. Mencius: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Mencius: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Mencius: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Mencius: Wordnik
  6. Mencius: Wiktionary
  7. Mencius: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. Mencius: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Mencius: Dictionary.com
  10. Mencius (book), Mencius: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Mencius: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Mencius (Mengzi): Eastern Philosophy

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Mencius: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Mencius: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  2. Mencius (Mengzi): Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Mencius: Catholic Encyclopedia
  2. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Mencius)

noun:  Chinese philosopher, follower of Confucius (?372 - 289 B.C.E., or 385 - 303/302 B.C.E.)
noun:  A collection of anecdotes and conversations of the philosopher by the same name.

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