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OTHELLO
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• OTHELLO (noun)
The noun OTHELLO has 1 sense:
1. the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife
Familiarity information: OTHELLO used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))
Context examples
Neither Hamlet, nor Macbeth, nor Othello, nor Douglas, nor The Gamester, presented anything that could satisfy even the tragedians; and The Rivals, The School for Scandal, Wheel of Fortune, Heir at Law, and a long et cetera, were successively dismissed with yet warmer objections.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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