Menck·en (m ng k n), H(enry) L(ouis) 1880-1956. American editor and critic. A founder and editor (1924-1933) of the American Mercury, he wrote socially critical essays, often directed toward the complacent middle class. Menck·e ni·an (mng-k n-n) adj. |
Mencken [ˈmɛŋkən]
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(Biographies / Mencken, H(enry) L(ouis) (1880-1956) M, US, WRITING: journalist, WRITING: literary critic) H(enry) L(ouis). 1880-1956, US journalist and literary critic, noted for The American Language (1919): editor of the Smart Set and the American Mercury, which he founded (1924)
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| Noun | 1. |  Mencken - United States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956) |
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