Usually means: Fictional character in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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  1. polonius: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Polonius, Polonius: Merriam-Webster
  3. Polonius: Wordnik
  4. Polonius: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. Polonius: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. polonius: Dictionary.com
  7. Polonius: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Polonius: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  9. Polonius: Wiktionary

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▸ noun:  A busybody who makes poor judgments.

Similar:
pragmatic, dogberry, polypragmon, Pecksniff, Reynaldo, OSRIC, Laertes, Ophelia, Claudius, Stabs, more...

Types:
meddler, busybody, gossip, intruder, nuisance, pest, annoyance, more...

Adjectives:
old, dead, good, poor, conceited, foolish, sententious, conversational, guiltless, convincing, placid

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Similar:
pragmatic, dogberry, polypragmon, Pecksniff, Reynaldo, OSRIC, Laertes, Ophelia, Claudius, Stabs, more...

Types:
meddler, busybody, gossip, intruder, nuisance, pest, annoyance, more...

Adjectives:
old, dead, good, poor, conceited, foolish, sententious, conversational, guiltless, convincing, placid



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