Meaning of Dogberry | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A pompous, foolish or self-important official.
2. The berry of the dogwood.
3. Clintonia borealis (yellow clintonia)

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Examples

“It would be interesting to know⟳ how many village Dogberries there were like⟳ Thomas Law, the constable of Quendon, Essex, whose reaction in 1651 on being informed of a robbery was to call⟳ on the astrologer, William Hills, ‘with an intent to hear⟳ what he might say⟳, so that he might make⟳ his search⟳ accordingly’.”

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