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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
Mac·beth       [muhk-beth, mak-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.died 1057, king of Scotland 1040–57.
2.(italics) a tragedy (1606?) by Shakespeare.
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Mac·beth       (mək-běth')  Pronunciation Key 
King of Scotland (1040-1057) who ascended the throne after killing his cousin King Duncan (died 1040) in battle. Legends of his rise to power and reign are the basis of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth.

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Macbeth 
Gaelic, lit. "son of life," an old personal name. The first ref. to bad luck associated with Shakespeare's "Macbeth," and to avoidance of naming it, is from 1910 and alludes to "old" actors, so presumably it was current late 19c.

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macbeth

noun
king of Scotland (died in 1057) 

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
Macbeth

A tragedy by William Shakespeare, in which the Scottish nobleman Macbeth, misled by the prophecy of three witches and goaded on by his wife, murders the king and usurps the throne. Well-known lines from the play include “Lay on, Macduff” and “Out, damned spot!


[Chapter:] Literature in English


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