Shakespeare

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /ˈʃeɪkspɪɹ/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈʃeɪkspɪə/

Proper noun

1. Surname
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.

   He is reading Shakespeare.

Translations

• French: Shakespeare
• Portuguese: Shakespeare
• Russian: Шекспи́р
• Spanish: Shakespeare

Noun

Shakespeare

1. (uncountable) Eloquent language, especially English; poetry.
2. (countable) A playwright of the standing of William Shakespeare
   • 1997 Vivien Allen, "Hall Caine: portrait of a Victorian romancer‎"

     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, ...

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