Caliban
[ kal-uh-ban ]
/ ˈkæl əˌbæn /
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noun
a character in Shakespeare's The Tempest, described as the half-human native inhabitant of the island, who is enslaved by the character Prospero.
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Caliban
/ (ˈkælɪˌbæn) /
noun
a brutish or brutalized man
Word Origin for Caliban
C19: after a character in Shakespeare's The Tempest (1611)
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