sir john falstaff

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   a dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays

   SynonymsFalstaff

   Broaderfictional character

Questions about sir john falstaff

What does sir john falstaff mean?

sir john falstaff means "a dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays".

What is another word for sir john falstaff?

Close synonyms include Falstaff. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sir john falstaff a common word?

sir john falstaff is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.