Lemuel Gulliver

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The main character and storyteller in Jonathan Swift's novel who travels to imaginary lands like Lilliput

proper noun

Literature

: Lemuel Gulliver

Lemuel Gulliver is the narrator and main character of Jonathan Swift's famous novel 'Gulliver's Travels'.

Examples

The image of Lemuel Gulliver tied down by tiny Lilliputians is an iconic scene in English literature.
In literature classes, students often analyze the journeys of Lemuel Gulliver to understand satire and political commentary.
In Lemuel Gulliver's adventures, he encounters many strange creatures.
Have you read about Lemuel Gulliver and his travels?
Lemuel Gulliver is the main character who embarks on extraordinary voyages in Jonathan Swift's satire 'Gulliver's Travels'.
Many students find the character of Lemuel Gulliver fascinating due to his encounters in fantastical lands.
The adventures of Lemuel Gulliver provide deep insights into human nature and society in Swift's narrative.

Synonyms

Gulliver

vsLemuel Gulliver

Literature

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A fictional English traveller who visits tiny and giant lands like Lilliput

is the full personal name used for the same fictional protagonist

Surface Forms

Lemuel Gulliver main

Morphology

Lemuel + Gulliver

This is a proper name referring to a specific fictional character, so its identity cannot be compositionally derived from the constituent words. Even if a learner knows the element 'Gulliver', proper names function as arbitrary labels (and 'Lemuel' gives no predictable semantic contribution), making the phrase non-compositional and not inferable by a B1 learner.

Etymology

Lemuel Gulliver comes from Jonathan Swift's book 'Gulliver's Travels', where he is an English doctor who sails to strange islands. One famous image shows him tied down by tiny people in Lilliput, and that strong picture helps you remember him as the traveler who visits odd, imaginary lands.