Shakespeare
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English [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Shakespeare
- A surname.
- William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries
- His works or media adaptations of his works.
Usage notes [edit]
- (William Shakespeare): Note that Shakespeare's manuscripts use a great many different spellings of his surname, way too many to list here. (At the time, some name spellings were much more variable than today)
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
English playwright
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Noun [edit]
Shakespeare (countable and uncountable; plural Shakespeares)
- (uncountable) Eloquent language, especially English; poetry.
- 1979 Oct 10, Russell Maker, “Highbrows Ruin Baseball's Language”, Toledo Blade:
- This may not be poetry, but in competition with "Ryan has good velocity and excellent location" it is pure Shakespeare.
- 1979 Oct 10, Russell Maker, “Highbrows Ruin Baseball's Language”, Toledo Blade:
- (countable) A playwright of the standing of William Shakespeare
- 1997 Vivien Allen, "Hall Caine: portrait of a Victorian romancer"
- Caine, he said, might be a budding Shakespeare but in Shakespeare's time all it took to put on a play was a barn, a crude stage, ...
- 1997 Vivien Allen, "Hall Caine: portrait of a Victorian romancer"
