plural of Shakespearean

A scholar of the works of Shakespeare. / A person trained to act in Shakespeare's plays.

(literature) Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, associated with, or suggestive of William Shakespeare (an English playwright), his works, or his authorship, or the time in which he lived.

(uncountable, paleologism) The devotion to or the teaching of the works and terminology of William Shakespeare. / (countable) A term coined by Shakespeare, or otherwise derived from his works.

plural of Shakespeareanism

The quality, characteristic or state of being Shakespearean.

plural of Shakespearean sonnet

(poetry) A sonnet comprising three quatrains and a final couplet, in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.

Pertaining to the Bacon-Shakespeareans and their beliefs.

One who believes that Francis Bacon (1561–1626) or a relation of his was the author of the works attributed to William Shakespeare.