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Machiavels

Machiavels is the plural of Machiavel.

Meaning of Machiavel

Noun

Machiavel (plural Machiavels)

  1. A person who follows the principles laid down by Niccolò Machiavelli.
  2. A schemer or intriguer.
    • The distinction is between the anonymous Continental Op of the detective novel, the man of honour who must nevertheless walk down mean streets, and the thoroughgoing Machiavel, the man who has learned not to be good.1988, Susan Mendus, “The Serpent and the Dove”, in Philosophy, LXIII, № 245, page 339

Questions about Machiavels

What is Machiavels the plural of?
Machiavels is the plural of Machiavel.

Words near Machiavels in the dictionary

  1. Machiavellists
  2. machiavellize
  3. machiavellized
  4. machiavellizes
  5. machiavellizing
  6. Machiavels
  7. machicolade
  8. machicolate
  9. machicolated
  10. machicolates
  11. machicolating

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