Dictionary
Oates
Pronunciation: (ōts), [key]—
n.
1. Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
2. Titus, 1649–1705, English conspirator and Anglican priest: instigator of the Popish Plot scare.
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