Machiavel

noun

Mach·​i·​a·​vel

¦makēə¦vel sometimes ¦mäk- or ¦mȧk-

plural -s

: machiavellian

Word History

Etymology

after Niccolò Machiavelli †1527 Italian statesman and political philosopher

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