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Definition of Dekker
1. Noun. English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632).
Generic synonyms: Dramatist, Playwright, Pamphleteer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dekker
Literary usage of Dekker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Representative English Plays: From the Middle Ages to the End of the by John Strong Perry Tatlock, Robert Grant Martin (1916)
"••i> name first appears early in 1598 in the •liary of Philip Henslowe, proprietor
of the !."-<• and Fortune theaters. dekker was one of the most prolific ..."
2. Characteristics of English Poets from Chaucer to Shirley by William Minto (1891)
"The skirmish between Marston, Jonson, and dekker, is one of the most famous “quarrels
of authors.” Who gave the first offence is a matter of dispute: Jonson ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"As a dramatist, dekker was most active between the years 1598 and 1602. ...
< The Shoemaker's Holiday,' published in 1599, shows dekker on his genial, ..."
4. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1844)
"Thi Players who acted in "The Shoemakers' Holiday," 1600, a Comedy by Thomas
dekker and Robert Wilson. At p. 154 of " Henslowe's Diary," edited by the ..."
5. Publications by Musical Antiquarian Society (1849)
"XL—Th6 Play erg who acted in " The Shoemakers' Holiday" 1600, a Comedy by Thomas
dekker and Robert Wilson. At p. 154 of " Henslowe's Diary," edited by the ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"an allusion to his Shoemaker'г Holiday,—from which it would appear that dekker
prided himself on his powers of observation. The less is included in the ..."
7. English Lands, Letters and Kings by Donald Grant Mitchell (1889)
"Thomas dekker. dekker was fellow of Peele and of the rest; * he quarrelled bitterly
with Ben Jonson—they beating each other vilely with bad words, ..."
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