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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(n.) An adroit and unscrupulous intriguer.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]

A name given by the French dramatist Beaumarchais to a cunning and intriguing barber who figures in his "Barbier de Seville" and his "Mariage de Figaro," and who has since become the type of all such characters. The name has been adopted by various journals in England and in France.

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