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Date "BENVOLIO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1578. (references)

Specialty Definition: BENVOLIO

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LiteratureBenvolio 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.
WikipedicA 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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