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southampton, third earl of

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South⋅amp⋅ton

  [south-amp-tuhn, -hamp-]
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–noun
1. Henry Wri⋅othes⋅ley  [rahy-uhths-lee] , 3rd Earl of, 1573–1624, English nobleman, soldier, and patron of writers, including William Shakespeare.
2. a former administrative county in S England: a part of Hampshire.
3. a town on SE Long Island, in SE New York: resort town. 4000.
4. a seaport in Hampshire county in S England. 215,400.
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Southampton, Third Earl of. Title of Henry Wriothesley. 1573-1624.  
English politician, soldier, and patron of Shakespeare as well as a number of other Elizabethan poets. Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis and Rape of Lucrece are dedicated to him.
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