Dictionary
Fal•staff
Pronunciation: (fôl'staf, -stäf), [key]—
n.
1. Sir John, the jovial, fat knight of brazen assurance and few scruples in Shakespeare's
Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, and
The Merry Wives of Windsor.
2. (
italics) an opera (1893) by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Arrigo Boito based on the Shakespearean character.
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