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SIR JOHN FALSTAFF

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Overview

SIR JOHN FALSTAFF (noun)
  The noun SIR JOHN FALSTAFF has 1 sense:

1. a dissolute character in Shakespeare's playsplay

  Familiarity information: SIR JOHN FALSTAFF used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


SIR JOHN FALSTAFF (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Falstaff; Sir John Falstaff

Instance hypernyms:

character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))


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