- Polonius
- noun Date: circa 1601 a garrulous courtier and father of Ophelia and Laertes in Shakespeare's Hamlet
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Polonius — is a character from William Shakespeare s Hamlet . The character is best known for uttering the immortal words: To thine own self be true, as well as a few other phrases still in use today such as Neither a borrower nor a lender be and brevity is … Wikipedia
Polonius — [pə lō′nē əs] n. in Shakespeare s Hamlet, a verbose, sententious old courtier, father of Ophelia and Laertes … English World dictionary
Polonius — Un vitrail représentant Polonius Polonius est un personnage de fiction de la tragédie d Hamlet, l une des plus célèbres pièces de William Shakespeare. Polonius est le lord chambellan et conseiller du roi, ainsi que le père de Laërte et d Ophélie … Wikipédia en Français
Polonius — Po|lo|ni|us an old man who is the father of ↑Ophelia and Laertes in the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Hamlet accidentally kills Polonius when Polonius is hiding behind the arras (=a sort of thick curtain) … Dictionary of contemporary English
Polonius — /peuh loh nee euhs/, n. the sententious father of Ophelia in Shakespeare s Hamlet. * * * … Universalium
Polonius — Po•lo•ni•us [[t]pəˈloʊ ni əs[/t]] n. lit. the sententious father of Ophelia and Laertes in Shakespeare s Hamlet[/ex] … From formal English to slang
Polonius — See rat … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
Polonius — /peuh loh nee euhs/, n. the sententious father of Ophelia in Shakespeare s Hamlet … Useful english dictionary
Jean Polonius — Xavier Labensky (en russe : Ксаверий Ксавериевич Лабенский), dit Jean Polonius, né en Pologne (alors sous domination russe) en 1790 et mort en 1855, est un diplomate et poète d expression française. Entré dans la carrière diplomatique, il… … Wikipédia en Français
Hamlet — This article is about the Shakespeare play. For other uses, see Hamlet (disambiguation). The American actor Edwin Booth as Hamlet, ca. 1870 The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William… … Wikipedia
