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"To thine own self be true" addressee
Answer for the clue ""To thine own self be true" addressee ", 7 letters:
laertes
Alternative clues for the word laertes
- Murderer of Hamlet
- Recipient of the advice "to thine own self be true"
- To whom Polonius says "To thine own self be true"
- Son of Polonius, in "Hamlet"
- Shakespearean fencer
- Hamlet's killer
- Shakespeare character who says "I dare damnation"
- Brother of Ophelia, in "Hamlet"
- To whom it was said, "To thine own self be true"
Word definitions for laertes in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
king of Ithaca, father of Odysseus, Greek, literally "gatherer of the people," from laos "people" (see lay (adj.)) + eirein "to fasten together" (see series (n.)).
Usage examples of laertes.
No stories belong to Ithaca, except only that it is the birthplace of Odysseus, son of Laertes.
Neererhe drew, and many a walk travers'd Of stateliest Covert, Cedar, Pine, or Palme, Then voluble and bold, now hid, now seen Among thick-wov'n Arborets and Flours Imborderd on each Bank, the hand of EVE: Spot more delicious then those Gardens feign'd Or of reviv'd ADONIS, or renownd ALCINOUS, host of old LAERTES Son, Or that, not Mystic, where the Sapient King Held dalliance with his faire EGYPTIAN Spouse.
I am Heimach Schin, appointed Gamemaster by the Supreme Coun cil of Laertes in charge of extra-Laertian decisions.
As they reached the gangplank, a crane swung nearby with a slingful of goods and furniture bound for Laertes.