Juliet
Americannoun
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the heroine of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
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(used in communications to represent the letterJ. )
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Also Juliette a female given name, form of Julia.
noun
Example Sentences
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At the Capulet ball where Romeo and Juliet meet, Juliet and her mother grab microphones and sing a brief duet, presumably because Lady Capulet is played by LaChanze, a musical-theater star.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
"Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. Obviously, the best love story of all time."
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
“O, swear not by the moon, th’ inconstant moon / That monthly changes in her circle orb / Lest that thy love prove likewise variable,” Juliet warned Romeo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's World at One on Monday, actress Juliet Stevenson praised Pike's actions, underlining how actors and audiences share a mutual "responsibility" in maintaining the "illusion" of an "imaginative world".
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Inside were two tickets for Romeo and Juliet at the Festival Theater.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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