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Definition of Sir John Falstaff
1. Noun. A dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays.
Generic synonyms: Character, Fictional Character, Fictitious Character
Derivative terms: Falstaffian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sir John Falstaff
Literary usage of Sir John Falstaff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures and Essays by Alfred Ainger (1905)
"Sir John Falstaff I PROPOSE this evening to tell you the story of a very singular
historical development, how the greatest humorous creation of Shakspeare ..."
2. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1837)
"The title of" Sir John Falstaff to all Europe" is but secondary and parochial.
He has long since far exceeded the limit by which he bounded the knowledge of ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1821)
"THOMAS COBBE was instituted March 28, 1588, on the presentation of the said Sir
John Falstaff.—Richard Rendlesham, or de Rendlesham, gent, gave three acres ..."
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