How to pronounce“machiavel”in English
IPA/mætʃɪævɛl/
Syllablesma·chi·a·vel
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The Borgia pope, Alexander VI has died, and he is succeeded by Julius II.
Machiavelli meets, of course, both these people, and he subsequently has several meetings with Julius II.
And then in 1508, the last of his really important legations, he's sent for six months to the court of Maximilian, the Holy
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Definitions of “machiavel”
noun
A person who follows the principles laid down by Niccolò Machiavelli.
noun
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.”