Definition of Shakespeare

1. Noun. English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616).


Definition of Shakespeare

1. Proper noun. (surname) ¹

2. Proper noun. William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries ¹

3. Proper noun. His works or media adaptations of his works. ¹

4. Noun. Eloquent language, especially English; poetry. ¹

5. Noun. A playwright of the standing of William Shakespeare ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shakespeare

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Shakespeare (current term)
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Literary usage of Shakespeare

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Shakespeare, William—Continued Editions Man who purified Shakespeare. ... Nation 102:627 Je 8 '16 Othello Shakespeare In Puritan disguise. RA Law. ..."

2. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"More stories from Shakespeare, by Jeanie I-ang; with 8 col. plates by NM Price. ... Stories from Shakespeare; told to the children hy Jeanie Lang, ..."

3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Shannon, Edgar Finley il leach Col Ree 17:167-76 Mr 46 Shakespeare festiva] of ... J Educ s3:551-2 My IS 'IB Shakespeare tercentenary" celebration in the ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"S, Shakespeare from an American Point of View (New York, 1877); ... X of the Stratford Town edition of the Work» of Shakespeare (Stratford, 1907). ..."

5. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"Francis Douce in his Illustrations of Shakespeare (1807), and Joseph Hunter [qv] in New Illustrations of Shakespeare (1845), occasionally supplemented Ma- ..."

6. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"EDITION OF Shakespeare 1725 If aught on earth, when once this breath is fled, With human transport touch the mighty dead, Shakespear, rejoice! his hand thy ..."

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