(n) (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420), Syn. St. Jerome, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, Hieronymus, Saint Jerome, Eusebius Hieronymus
(n) German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797), Syn. Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen, Baron Munchausen, Munchausen