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adj
Characteristic of, or relating to, Stratford-upon-Avon, or another place called Stratford.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Pertaining to the mainstream view that William Shakespeare is the author of the works attributed to him.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
An inhabitant of the town Stratford-upon-Avon, or any other town called Stratford.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A person who, in the matter over who wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare, holds that it was William Shakespeare himself.
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History
From Stratford + -ian. In the Shakespeare-controversy sense, due to Shakespeare's birth in Stratford-upon-Avon.
