/ Dictionary / Index M Mandela: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Man•de•la Pronunciation: (man-del'u), [key] — n. born 1918, South African black antiapartheid activist: president of South Africa since 1994. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: mandela (Thesaurus) Mandel mandelic acid Related Content Daily Word Quiz: portent Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language