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WILLIAM SHAKSPERE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
Synonyms:
Bard of Avon; Shakespeare; Shakspere; William Shakespeare; William Shakspere
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Instance hypernyms:
dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))