| Webster's Online Dictionary |
Date "BENVOLIO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1578. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | Benvolio Nephew to Montague, a testy, litigious gentleman, who would "quarrel with a man that had a hair more or a hair less in his beard than he had." Mercutio says to him, "Thou hast quarrelled with a man for coughing in the street, because he hath wakened thy dog that hath lain asleep in the sun." (Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, iii. 1.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Wikipedic | A character from The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. One of Romeo's best friends. He is generally thought of as a peacekeeper in the play. (references) | ||
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