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Definition of 'Banquo'

Banquo in American

(ˈbæŋkwoʊ ; baŋˈkwō)
noun
a character in Shakespeare's Macbeth: the ghost of Banquo appears to Macbeth, who had ordered his murder
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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  • banqueting
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Definition of Banquo from the Collins English Dictionary

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