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Machiavelli

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), Italian statesman and writer, whose work The Prince (1532) advises that acquiring and exercising power may require unethical methods.
Noun
  1. 1
    Someone like Niccolò Machiavelli: a Machiavellian person

Etymology

Etymology 1

Probably from Italian mal- + chiavello, in which the second component is a diminutive of chiavo (“nail”). The name is attested in a Late Latin document in the form Malclavelli.

Etymology 2

Probably from Italian mal- + chiavello, in which the second component is a diminutive of chiavo (“nail”). The name is attested in a Late Latin document in the form Malclavelli.

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