capulet
capulet is the alternative form of capellet.
Meaning of capellet
Noun
capellet (plural capellets)
Noun capitalized: Capulet
Capulet (plural Capulets)
- 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.
- It goes without saying that she knew nothing whatever of the bad relations subsisting between her father and her sweetheart. She did not know her Romeo was a Montague still less that to him she was a Capulet.1913, Annabella Bruce Marchand, Dirk, a South African, page 198
- Still, despite Marshall's impression of a kind of Montague-Capulet feud, George Catlett did succeed in marrying Laura Emily, the daughter of Dr. Jonathan Bradford, and his sister, Margaret, married Laura's brother, Thomas.1963, Forrest C. Pogue, George C. Marshall: Education of a general, 1880-1939, page 8
Forms of capulet
| plural | capulets |
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| plural | Capulets |
Origin of capulet
Surname of the heroine Juliet's family in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, from the Italian Capuleti.
Questions about capulet
- What does capulet mean?
- Capulet means 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.
- What is capulet the alternative form of?
- Capulet is the alternative form of capellet.
- What part of speech is capulet?
- Capulet is a noun.
- What is the plural of capulet?
- The plural of capulet is capulets.
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