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Definition of Stoppard
1. Noun. British dramatist (born in Czechoslovakia in 1937).
Generic synonyms: Dramatist, Playwright
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stoppard
Literary usage of Stoppard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reiester Booke of Saynte De'nis, Backchurch Parishe (city of London) for by Joseph Lemuel Chester (1878)
"... July 15 A child stillborn July 8 Humfrey Knyght, servant to Mr Wood the elder
July 26 Elsabeth Blower July 26 Shuan Stoppard July 31 Mari ..."
2. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"Stoppard.—Local, 'of Stock- port/ a corruption of Stopford, an old name for
Stockport ; v. ... From Stopford the popular pronunciation became Stoppard. ..."
3. The Publications of the Harleian Society by Harleian Society (1878)
"... Wood the elder July 15 A child stillborn July 26 Shuan Stoppard July 26 Elsabeth
Blower July ... 10 Danyell Stoppard Aug. 11 A child of Mr Poynters Aug. ..."
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