Macbeth
noun
- a tragedy (1606?) by Shakespeare
- its title character, who, goaded by his ruthlessly ambitious wife, murders the king to gain the crown for himself
See Macbeth in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(mək-bĕthˈ) Died 1057.
King of Scotland (1040-1057) who ascended the throne after killing his cousin King Duncan (died 1040) in battle. Legends of his rise to power and reign are the basis of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth.
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