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Shakespeare is a Proper Noun. It's a person's name.

Nouns are people, places, or things. There are also different kinds of nouns: Proper and Common Nouns. A Proper Noun is a specific person, place, or thing.

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What did the constable do in shakespeare time?

A constable was a policeman; that is what the word still means. Constables in Shakespeare's day were not trained professionals but rather part-time volunteers.


Did Shakespeare invent word?

Yes, he is credited with creating 1700 new words. A lot of these were using a word as a new part of speech. For example, the word "assassin" existed, but Shakespeare invented "assassination"Just think, the average English speaker knows 4000 words altogether. The number of words Shakespeare invented is over 40% of that number.Yet fact does not always support the legend. Shakespeare was a great writer of English. Perhaps he was even the greatest. This makes Shakespeare an easy target for misinformation. Ryan Buda wrote a useful article entitled Did Shakespeare Invent and Make up English Words and Phrases, which provides an interesting take on the subject. Check it out in the related linkssection below


What does Shakespeare mean when using the word lass-lorn?

It means to be without a woman. The phrase only appears once in Shakespeare, in an unimportant speech in The Tempest, and is part of some side-imagery not even particularly relevant to the speech, as follows: " and thy broom -groves, Whose shadow the dismissed bachelor loves, Being lass-lorn" Apparently bachelors who have been dumped and are without a female companion like broom-grass.


What part of speech is the word rhyme scheme?

Rhyme is a noun and so is scheme.


What does Shakespeare's word mad-bread mean?

Sorry, Shakespeare did not use that word.