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Capulet

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A member or citizen of the family, party, or country of the wife in a Romeo and Juliet couple and/or one of a pair of feuding groups, the other identified as Montague.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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noun

Meaning 2

Alternative form of capellet.

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Usage: alt-of, alternative

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History

Etymology

Surname of the heroine Juliet's family in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, from the Italian Capuleti.