Hannibal

Speech parts

1. Hannibal - Noun

2. Hannibal - Proper noun

Meaning

a town in northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River; boyhood home of Mark Twain

general who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War; crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans but was recalled to defend Carthage and was defeated (247-182 BC)

Examples

If a playwright tried to see eye to eye with everybody, he would get the worst case of strabismus since Hannibal lost an eye trying to count his nineteen elephants during a snowstorm while crossing the Alps. James Thurber

Hannibal was a very pretty fellow in those days. William Congreve

This is a sworn treaty made between us, Hannibal ... and Xenophanes the Athenian ... in the presence of all the gods who possess Macedonia and the rest of Greece. Polybius

Hannibal is on the jazz. Mr. T

I went see the horror thriller, Hannibal. I am a massive fan of Anthony Hopkins. He is superb in the film. David Ginola

Hannibal is at the gate. Dutch Proverb

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