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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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• WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (noun)
The noun WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE has 1 sense:
1. English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
Familiarity information: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
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))
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