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Laertes definition

La·er·tes (lā ʉr′tēz′)

noun

  1. Gr. Myth. the father of Odysseus
  2. in Shakespeare's Hamlet, the brother of Ophelia

Etymology: L < Gr Laertēs

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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