Definition of Sir John Falstaff

1. Noun. A dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays.

Exact synonyms: Falstaff
Generic synonyms: Character, Fictional Character, Fictitious Character
Derivative terms: Falstaffian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sir John Falstaff

Sir James Augustus Henry Murray
Sir James Augustus Murray
Sir James Clark Ross
Sir James Dewar
Sir James George Frazer
Sir James Matthew Barrie
Sir James Murray
Sir James Paget
Sir James Paul McCartney
Sir James Young Simpson
Sir John Carew Eccles
Sir John Cockcroft
Sir John Cowdery Kendrew
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft
Sir John Everett Millais
Sir John Falstaff (current term)
Sir John Frederick William Herschel
Sir John Gielgud
Sir John Hawkins
Sir John Hawkyns
Sir John Herschel
Sir John Ross
Sir John Suckling
Sir John Tenniel
Sir John Vanbrigh
Sir Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph John Thomson
Sir Joseph Paxton
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Sir Lancelot

Literary usage of Sir John Falstaff

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lectures and Essays by Alfred Ainger (1905)
"Sir John Falstaff I PROPOSE this evening to tell you the story of a very singular historical development, how the greatest humorous creation of Shakspeare ..."

2. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1837)
"The title of" Sir John Falstaff to all Europe" is but secondary and parochial. He has long since far exceeded the limit by which he bounded the knowledge of ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1821)
"THOMAS COBBE was instituted March 28, 1588, on the presentation of the said Sir John Falstaff.—Richard Rendlesham, or de Rendlesham, gent, gave three acres ..."

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