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Shake⋅speare
[sheyk-speer]
–noun
| William, 1564–1616, English poet and dramatist. |
Also, Shakspere, Shakespear.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Shakespeare
surname recorded from 1248, and means "a spearman." This was a common type of Eng. surname, e.g. Shakelance (1275), Shakeshaft (1332). Shake in the sense of "to brandish or flourish (a weapon)" is attested from late O.E.
Heo scæken on heore honden speren swiðe stronge."[Laymon, "Brut," c. 1205]"Never a name in English nomenclature so simple or so certain in origin. It is exactly what it looks -- Shakespear." [Bardsley, "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames," 1901] Nevertheless, speculation flourishes.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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