Usually means: Ancient Greek tragedian, playwright, dramatist.
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  1. sophocles: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Sophocles: Merriam-Webster
  3. Sophocles: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Sophocles: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  9. Sophocles: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Sophocles: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. Sophocles: Infoplease Dictionary
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  13. Sophocles: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Sophocles (crater), Sophocles (software), Sophocles: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. sophocles: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Sophocles)

noun:  A Greek dramatic poet (ca. 497 BCE – 405 BCE); Sophocles was one of the three greatest Greek tragedians. In the Athenian dramatic competitions of the Festival of Dionysus, he won more first prizes (around 20) than any other playwright, and placed second in all others he participated in. He is best remembered for his Oedipus Cycle of plays.
noun:  A male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to Ancient Greek Σοφοκλῆς (Sophoklês) or Greek Σοφοκλής (Sofoklís).

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