English Explanatory Dictionary

Capulet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member or citizen of the family, party, or country of the wife in a Romeo and Juliet couple and/or one of a pair of feuding groups, the other identified as Montague.
noun
  1. Alternative form of capellet.

Word forms

Capulet Capulets

Etymology

Surname of the heroine Juliet's family in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, from the Italian Capuleti.

Related words

Montague
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