Caliban
[kal-uh-ban]
- the ugly, beastlike slave of Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
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Contemporary Examples
Clegg first introduces himself to Miranda as Ferdinand, but she later dubs him Caliban.
And cruder devices certainly deepen the effect of a name; Caliban is a rough anagram of “cannibal,” and Cassio contains an “ass.”
Historical Examples
Caliban had crept within a foot of him, and was pulling himself into position.
"Wee Tim'rous Beasties"Douglas English
Again and again he parried the attack, until Caliban was disposed of.
"Wee Tim'rous Beasties"Douglas English
As Caliban fell he had clambered up, and was now blocking the entrance.
"Wee Tim'rous Beasties"Douglas English
It was Caliban, as well as Ferdinand, courting fair Miranda.
The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar TupperMartin Farquhar Tupper
The mother might have been a twin sister of Sycorax, the dam of Caliban.
The Kentucky RangerEdward T. Curnick
Caliban
- a brutish or brutalized man
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Word Origin
C19: after a character in Shakespeare's The Tempest (1611)
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