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Oberon

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O·ber·on  (b-rn, -rn)
n.
1. The king of the fairies and husband of Titania in medieval folklore.
2. A satellite of Uranus.
[French, from Old French Auberon, of Germanic origin; see albho- in Indo-European roots.]
Oberon1
n
(Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) (in medieval folklore) the king of the fairies, husband of Titania
Oberon2
n
(Astronomy & Space / Celestial Objects) the outermost of the satellites of Uranus


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In company with her male colleague, the great American actor, Isidore Bruno, she was producing a particularly poetical and fantastic interpretation of Midsummer Night's Dream: in which the artistic prominence was given to Oberon and Titania, or in other words to Bruno and herself.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
The Fairy-King is Oberon, and he lives across the lake--and sometimes he comes in a little boat--and we go and meet him and then we sing this song, you know.
Sylvie and Bruno by Carroll, Lewis View in context
"There came a sunbeam into the room," once he said to a friend, "and with it a whole troop of creatures floating in the ray, and I was off with them to Oberon and Fairyland.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
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