Gulliver


Gul·li·ver

noun \ˈgə-lə-vər\

Definition of GULLIVER

: an Englishman in Jonathan Swift's satire Gulliver's Travels who makes voyages to the imaginary lands of the Lilliputians, Brobdingnagians, Laputans, and Houyhnhnms

First Known Use of GULLIVER

1726

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