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Shakespeare
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- 1 A surname.
"The name Shakespeare occurs from the 13th century on in the records of various English counties. The first Shakespeare as yet discovered in Warwickshire is one Thomas, a felon, who fled from the law in 1359. Toward the end of the fourteenth century there were landed Shakespeares at Baddesley, and this family held its own into the sixteenth."
- 2 William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
- 3 His works or media adaptations of his works. metonymically
"He is reading Shakespeare."
- 4 A place name:; A village in Perth East township, Ontario, Canada, named after the playwright.
- 5 A place name:; A ghost town in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States.
- 1 Any form or style of language that is eloquent, especially in English; poetry. uncountable
"This may not be poetry, but in competition with "Ryan has good velocity and excellent location" it is pure Shakespeare."
- 2 A playwright of the standing of William Shakespeare. countable
"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, […]"
- 1 To act or perform in a play of the works of Shakespeare. intransitive
Etymology
A common Middle English surname meaning spearman, corresponding to shake (“to brandish a weapon”) + spear.
A common Middle English surname meaning spearman, corresponding to shake (“to brandish a weapon”) + spear.
A common Middle English surname meaning spearman, corresponding to shake (“to brandish a weapon”) + spear.
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