Definitions for machiavelliˌmæk i əˈvɛl i
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Mach•i•a•vel•liˌmæk i əˈvɛl i(n.)
Niccolò di Bernardo, 1469–1527, Italian political philosopher.
Category: Biography
Princeton's WordNet
Machiavelli, Niccolo Machiavelli(noun)
a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527)
Wiktionary
Machiavelli(ProperNoun)
Niccolu00F2 Machiavelli (1469-1527), Italian statesman and writer, whose work The Prince (1532) advises that acquiring and exercising power may require unethical methods.
Machiavelli(ProperNoun)
A Machiavellian person
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