English

Proper noun

Juliet

1. A female given name.
   • 1977 Timothy Findley, The Wars, Delacorte Press/S. Lawrence, ISBN 044009397X, page 110:

     "All I ask," she says, fitting the cigarette into a holder, "is that you don't call me Juli-et. I cannot abide Juli-et. It maddens me!" "Yes, ma'am." "Here, we say Joolyut. Joolyut. Joolyut. Say it for me."

2. One of the main characters of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
   • 1597, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act V, Scene III:

     For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.

3. A woman who is or is with a great lover.
4. By analogy with the Shakespearean character, a woman who is in love with a man from a family, party, or country opposing that of her own.
5. (astronomy) The sixth moon of the planet Uranus.
6. The letter J in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

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See also

• Romeo
• Juliett
• Capulet
• Montague