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
In the mid-1950s, Oberon married a wealthy Italian industrialist, Bruno Pagliai, based in Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2025
“This is Leo. It’s a black-and-white photograph of him, but see how someone coloured his hair red? Maybe he was Oberon and Eleanora’s son. That would make his name Leo Marvel!”
From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick
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