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Melville
English
Proper noun
Melville
A
Scottish
habitational
surname
of
Norman
origin, from
Malleville
in
Normandy
.
Herman Melville
(1819-1891), an
American
novelist
,
essayist
, and
poet
. He is best remembered for the novel
Moby-Dick
.
His works or media adaptations of his works.
Derived terms
Melvillean
,
Melvillian
Further reading
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