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Gulliver

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Gul·li·ver  (gl-vr)
n.
An Englishman who travels to the imaginary lands of Lilliput, Brobdingnag, and Laputa and the country of the Houyhnhnms in Jonathan Swift's satire Gulliver's Travels (1726).
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Noun1.GulliverGulliver - a fictional Englishman who travels to the imaginary land of Lilliput in a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift


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" ejaculated Michel; "I shall play the part of Gulliver.
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
Yet, when this cherished volume was now placed in my hand--when I turned over its leaves, and sought in its marvellous pictures the charm I had, till now, never failed to find--all was eerie and dreary; the giants were gaunt goblins, the pigmies malevolent and fearful imps, Gulliver a most desolate wanderer in most dread and dangerous regions.
Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte View in context
In 1726 (seven years after 'Robinson Crusoe') appeared Swift's masterpiece, the only one of his works still widely known, namely, 'The Travels of Lemuel Gulliver.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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