Oberon
Americannoun
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(in medieval folklore) the king of the fairies.
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Astronomy. one of the five moons of Uranus.
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Example Sentences
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Kevin Oberon, before swiping the back of her knee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2026
Marcin, initially as malignant as Hook and as blinkered as Torvald, eventually grows as repentant and noble as Oberon in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which will co-star a certain native of Toruń as Titania.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
One of the most well-known was the 1939 version starring Merle Oberon as Cathy and Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2025
Golden Age film star Merle Oberon comes alive in a new biography, sparked in part by the 2023 news that she was half Asian, a secret she kept all of her life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025
Marcus and Alexander and Oberon and, finally, Leo . . . almost all the stories Joseph and Frankie had heard on the tapes.
From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick
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