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What is the meaning of Shakespeare?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

A spear is a long pointy weapon which you can throw or stick in people. You can also shake it in the air in a threatening way, which is what "Shakespeare" means. We don't know how it became the name of the family to which the great playwright belonged.

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