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Ophelia definition

Ophelia (ō fēl′yə)

noun

  1. a feminine name
  2. in Shakespeare's Hamlet, Polonius's daughter, in love with Hamlet

Etymology: prob. < Gr ōphelia, a help, succor

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