Usually means: Fabricating illness for attention, sympathy.
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  1. Munchausen: Merriam-Webster
  2. Munchausen: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Munchausen: Vocabulary.com
  4. Munchausen: Wordnik
  5. Munchausen: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. munchausen: Dictionary.com
  7. Munchausen: Online Etymology Dictionary
  8. Munchausen (disambiguation), Munchausen (short film), Munchausen: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Munchausen: Rhymezone
  10. munchausen: FreeDictionary.org
  11. munchausen: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. Munchausen: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. Munchausen: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  14. Munchausen: Merriam-Webster
  15. Munchausen: Wiktionary

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▸ noun:  A surname from German.

Similar:
Sternberg, Berndt, Barfield, whinney, Liebling, Walford, Lichtenstein, Howlett, Pickard, Collinson, more...

Phrases:
munchausen syndrome, Baron Munchausen, munchausen syndrome by proxy, munchausen by proxy, munchausen by proxy syndrome, more...

Adjectives:
modern, second, famous, great, veritable, new, real, celebrated, renowned, journalistic, veracious
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Similar:
Sternberg, Berndt, Barfield, whinney, Liebling, Walford, Lichtenstein, Howlett, Pickard, Collinson, more...

Phrases:
munchausen syndrome, Baron Munchausen, munchausen syndrome by proxy, munchausen by proxy, munchausen by proxy syndrome, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, munchausen syndromes, more...

Adjectives:
modern, second, famous, great, veritable, new, real, celebrated, renowned, journalistic, veracious



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