Shakespeare

  1. Proper noun.  (surname) .
  2. Proper noun.  William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
  3. Proper noun.  His works or media adaptations of his works.
  4. Noun.  (uncountable) Eloquent language, especially English; poetry.
  5. Noun.  (countable) A playwright of the standing of William Shakespeare.

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