(1880–1956), American journalist and literary critic; full name Henry Louis Mencken. In his book The American Language (1919) he opposed the dominance of European culture in America.
Definition of Mencken, H. L. in US English:
Mencken, H. L.
proper nounˈmeNGkən
(1880–1956), US journalist and literary and social critic; full name Henry Louis Mencken. From 1908, he attacked the political and literary Establishment. In The American Language (1919) he opposed the dominance of European culture in the US, arguing for and establishing the study of American English in its own right.