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SHAKESPEARE

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• SHAKESPEARE (noun)
The noun SHAKESPEARE has 1 sense:

1. English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)

Familiarity information: SHAKESPEARE used as a noun is very rare.

• SHAKESPEARE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bard of Avon; Shakespeare; Shakspere; William Shakespeare; William Shakspere

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

"A watched kettle never boils."
(English proverb)
"The truth prevails like oil over water."
(Albanian proverb)
"Fixing the known is better than waiting for the unknown."
(Arabic proverb)
"Better a good neighbour than a distant friend."
(Dutch proverb)

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